Analysis of Ionic
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
That we've broken their statues,
that we've driven them out of their temples,
doesn't mean at all that the gods are dead.
O land of Ionia, they're still in love with you,
their souls still keep your memory.
When an August dawn wakes over you,
your atmosphere is potent with their life,
and sometimes a young ethereal figure
indistinct, in rapid flight,
wings across your hills.
Scheme | ABCDEDFGHI |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111011 1110111110 1011110111 1111110111 11111100 111011101 110110111 00101010010 0010101 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 297 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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