Understanding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C D EFG CHIThe years of my youth my sensual life | A |
how clearly I see their meaning now | B |
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What needless repentances how futile | C |
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But I did not understand the meaning then | D |
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In the dissolute life of my youth | E |
the desires of my poetry were being formed | F |
the scope of my art was being plotted | G |
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This is why my repentances were never stable | C |
And my resolutions to control myself to change | H |
lasted for two weeks at the very most | I |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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