Analysis of Longings
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Like the beautiful bodies of those who died before growing old,
sadly shut away in sumptuous mausoleum,
roses by the head, jasmine at the feet -
so appear the longings that have passed
without being satisfied, not one of the granted
a single night of pleasure, or one of its radiant mornings.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010010111101101 10101010010 1010110101 101010111 011010111010 0101110111110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 234 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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