Analysis of King Dimitrios
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
When the Macedonians deserted him
and showed they preferred Pyrrhos,
King Dimitrios (a noble soul) didn't behave
-so they said-
at all like a king.
He took off his golden robes,
threw away his purple buskins,
and quickly dressing himself
in simple clothes, he slipped out-
just like an actor who,
the play over,
changes his costume and goes away.
| Scheme | ABCDEBBFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 011011 1010001011001 111 11101 1111101 1011101 0101001 0101111 111101 0110 101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 343 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 273 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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