Days of 1901
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
The exceptional thing about him was
that in spite of all his loose living,
his vast sexual experience,
and the fact that usually
his attitude matched his age,
in spite of this there were moments—
extremely rare, of course—when he gave the impression
that his flesh was almost virginal.
His twenty-nine-year-old beauty,
so tested by sensual pleasure,
would sometimes strangely remind one
of a boy who, somewhat awkwardly, gives
his pure body to love for the first time.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXAXXBX AXBXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 469 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5 |
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