Analysis of To Sensual Pleasure
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
My life's joy and incense: recollection of those hours
when I found and captured pleasure as I wanted it.
My life's joy and incense: that I refused
all indulgence in routine love affairs.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110010101110 1110101011101 1110011101 1010001101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 192 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 149 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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