Very Seldom Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJK| He's an old man Used up and bent | A |
| crippled by time and indulgence | B |
| he slowly walks along the narrow street | C |
| But when he goes inside his house to hide | D |
| the shambles of his old age his mind turns | E |
| to the share in youth that still belongs to him | F |
| - | |
| His verse is now recited by young men | G |
| His visions come before their lively eyes | H |
| Their healthy sensual minds | I |
| their shapely taut bodies | J |
| stir to his perception of the beautiful | K |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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