To Have Taken The Trouble Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD CEFGHIJKLM NCO CPIQR SCICI T UIO RVWXY

I'm practically broke and homelessA
This fatal city AntiochB
has devoured all my moneyC
this fatal city with its extravagant lifeD
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But I'm young and extremely healthyC
Prodigious master of GreekE
I know Aristotle and Plato through and throughF
poets orators or anyone else you could mentionG
I have some idea about military mattersH
and friends among the senior mercenariesI
I also have a foot in the administrative worldJ
I spent six months in Alexandria last yearK
I know and this is useful something about what goes on thereL
the scheming of Kakergetis his dirty deals and the rest of itM
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So I consider myself completely qualifiedN
to serve this countryC
my beloved fatherland SyriaO
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Whatever job they give meC
I'll try to be useful to the country That's what I intendP
But if they frustrate me with their manoeuvresI
we know them those smart operators no need to say more hereQ
if they frustrate me it's not my faultR
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I'll approach Zabinas firstS
and if that idiot doesn't appreciate meC
I'll go to his rival GryposI
And if that imbecile doesn't appoint meC
I'll go straight to HyrkanosI
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One of the three will want me anywayT
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And my conscience is quietU
about my not caring which one I chooseI
the three of them are equally bad for SyriaO
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But a ruined man it's not my faultR
I'm only trying poor devil to make ends meetV
The almighty gods ought to have taken the troubleW
to create a fourth a decent manX
I would gladly have gone along with himY

Constantine P. Cavafy



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