Young Men Of Sidon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBBECFFGHIJKKCLM BBNOPQR| The actor they'd brought in to entertain them | A |
| also recited a few choice epigrams | B |
| The room opened out on the garden | C |
| and the delicate odour of flowers | B |
| mingled with the scent | D |
| of the five perfumed young Sidonians | B |
| There were readings from Meleager Krinagoras Rhianos | B |
| But when the actor recited | E |
| 'Here lies Aeschylus the Athenian son of Euphorion' | C |
| stressing maybe more than he should have | F |
| 'his renowned valour' and 'sacred Marathonian grove' | F |
| a vivacious young man mad about literature | G |
| suddenly jumped up and said | H |
| 'I don't like that quatrain at all | I |
| Sentiments of that kind seem somehow weak | J |
| Give I say all your strength to your work | K |
| make it your total concern And don't forget your work | K |
| even in times of stress or when you begin to decline | C |
| This is what I expect what I demand of you | L |
| and not that you completely dismiss from your mind | M |
| the magnificent art of your tragedies | B |
| your Agamemnon your marvellous Prometheus | B |
| your representations of Orestes and Cassandra | N |
| your Seven Against Thebes merely to set down for your | O |
| memorial | P |
| that as an ordinary soldier one of the herd | Q |
| you too fought against Datis and Artaphernis ' | R |
Constantine P. Cavafy
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