Tomb Of Lanis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIBJK LMNK| The Lanis you loved Markos isn't here | A |
| in this tomb you come to weep by lingering hours on end | B |
| The Lanis you loved is closer to you | C |
| when you're in your room at home and you look at his portrait | D |
| the portrait that still keeps something of what was valuable in him | E |
| something of what it was you used to love | F |
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| Remember Markos that time you brought in | G |
| the famous Kyrenian painter from the Proconsul's palace | H |
| What artistic subtlety he used trying to persuade you both | I |
| the minute he saw your friend | B |
| that he absolutely must do him as Hyacinth | J |
| In that way his portrait would come to be better known | K |
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| But your Lanis didn't hire out his beauty like that | L |
| reacting strongly he told him to portray | M |
| neither Hyacinth nor anyone else | N |
| but Lanis son of Rametichos an Alexandrian | K |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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