Analysis of Nero's Turn
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Nero was not worried when he heard
the prophecy of the Delphic Oracle.
"Let him fear the seventy three years."
He still had ample time to enjoy himself.
He is thirty. More than sufficient
is the term the god allots him
to prepare for future perils.
Now he will return to Rome slightly tired,
but delightfully tired from this journey,
full of days of enjoyment --
at the theaters, the gardens, the gymnasia...
evenings at cities of Achaia...
Ah the delight of nude bodies, above all...
Thus fared Nero. And in Spain Galba
secretly assembles and drills his army,
the old man of seventy three.
Scheme | AXXXBXX ACBDDX XCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110111 01001010100 111010011 11110110101 111011010 10101011 10111010 11101111010 10100101110 1111010 1010001000100 1011011 10011110011 11100011 10001001110 01111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 583 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 3 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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