Analysis of Things Ended
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Engulfed by fear and suspicion,
mind agitated, eyes alarmed,
we try desperately to invent ways out,
plan how to avoid
the obvious danger that threatens us so terribly.
Yet we're mistaken, that's not the danger ahead:
the news was wrong
(or we didn't hear it, or didn't get it right).
Another disaster, one we never imagined,
suddenly, violently, descends upon us,
and finding us unprepared -there's no time now
sweeps us away.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110010 1100101 11100010111 11101 01001011011100 110101101001 0111 111011110111 0100101110010 100100001011 0101011111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 423 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 332 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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