Analysis of In The Street

Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)



His attractive face a bit pale,
his brown eyes looking tired, dazed,
twenty-five years old but could be taken for twenty,
with something of the artist in the way he dresses
-the colour of his tie, shape of his collar
he drifts aimlessly down the street,
as though still hypnotized by the illicit pleasure,
the very illicit pleasure he's just experienced.


Scheme ABCDEFEG
Poetic Form
Metre 10101011 11110101 1011111110110 1101010001110 0111111110 11100101 111101001010 01001010110100
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 355
Words 63
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 283
Words per stanza (avg) 61
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Constantine P. Cavafy

Constantine P. Cavafy was a Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant. He published 154 poems; dozens more remained incomplete or in sketch form. His most important poetry was written after his fortieth birthday. more…

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