Understanding Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB C D EFG CHI| The 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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