The Satrapy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHHIJKLHHMHHN H| What a misfortune although you are made | A |
| for fine and great works | B |
| this unjust fate of yours always | C |
| denies you encouragement and success | D |
| that base customs should block you | E |
| and pettiness and indifference | F |
| And how terrible the day when you yield | G |
| the day when you give up and yield | G |
| and you leave on foot for Susa | H |
| and you go to the monarch Artaxerxes | H |
| who favorably places you in his court | I |
| and offers you satrapies and the like | J |
| And you accept them with despair | K |
| these things that you do not want | L |
| Your soul seeks other things weeps for other things | H |
| the praise of the public and the Sophists | H |
| the hard won and inestimable Well Done | M |
| the Agora the Theater and the Laurels | H |
| How can Artaxerxes give you these | H |
| where will you find these in a satrapy | N |
| and what life can you live without these | H |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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