'the Rest I Will Tell To Those Down In Hades' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKI| 'Indeed ' said the proconsul closing the book | A |
| 'This line is beautiful and very true | B |
| Sophocles wrote it in a deeply philosophic mood | C |
| How much we'll tell down there how much | D |
| and how very different we'll appear | E |
| What we protect here like sleepless guards | F |
| wounds and secrets locked inside us | G |
| protect with such great anxiety day after day | H |
| we'll reveal freely and clearly down there ' | I |
| 'You might add ' said the sophist half smiling | J |
| 'if they talk about things like that down there | K |
| if they bother about them at all any more ' | I |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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