Analysis of Priest At The Serapeion
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
My kind old father
whose love for me has always stayed the same
I mourn my kind old father
who died two days ago, just before dawn.
Jesus Christ, I try continually
in my every thought, word, and deed
to keep the commandments
of your most holly Church; and I reject
all who deny you. But now I mourn:
I grieve, O Christ, for my father
even though he was -terrible as it is to say it
priest at that cursed Serapeion.
Scheme | AXAB XXXXXAXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 111111101 1111110 1111011011 1011101000 011001101 110010 1111010101 110111111 11111110 10111100111111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 411 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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