Analysis of Immortality



If we two
loved each other for one whole day
the next morning
we would awaken with the thought
that employing the same dynamism
we would be able to love all year round.

Since we two
would love the whole year round
like a clear horizon would hover
before us the idea
that in contrast to the paleness
                                          of the light of eyes
our love would be always brighter and brighter
for the entire century.

And if we two
could manage such a miracle
light and guileless as all speeds are
we would race along in the thought
that we might well love
for all the Centuries.

This final thought,however,
would be quite burdensome..
and severely punished
the Gods of Olympus with supreme charge
'' For giving  humanity the secret
                                      of Happiness''
and under the weight of her blind
may die.   

Translation by
                      PHILIP     RAMP


Scheme AXXBCD ADEXFFEX AXXBXF ECXXXFXG GX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Etheree  (27%)
Metre 111 11101111 0110 11010101 101001100 1111011111 111 110111 101010110 0110010 1010101 10111 10111110010 10010100 0111 11010100 10101111 11101001 11111 110100 1101 111100 001010 0110101011 1100100010 1100 01001101 11 0101 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 951
Words 146
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 6, 8, 2
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on October 29, 2014

Modified on March 14, 2023

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ILIAS FOUKIS

The greek poet ILIAS FOUKIS , was born on 20 August 1969 in Ioannina in Epirus in northwestern Greece. Began to write poetry since 1988 when he was student in the Lyceum. Published volume of poetry THE TESTAMENT OF A LESSER GOD , which has been translated into ten languages including English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc.. Has won literary awards - OSCAR DE DOS OURO VENCEDORES, Brazil 2012 - MASSIMO D'AZEGLIO, Italy, 2012, 2013 - CITA DEL GALATEO, Italy in 2013. His poem titled YOUNG GREEK SOLITARY was included in Poetry Anthology - U.S. Library of Congress. Works and lives in Athens. more…

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