Analysis of Aemilianus Monae, Alexandrian, 628 - 655 A.D.
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
With words, with countenance, and with manners
I shall build an excellent panoply;
and in this way I shall face evil men
without having any fear or weakness.
They will want to harm me. But of those
who approach me none will know
where my wounds are, my vulnerable parts,
under all the lies that will cover me. --
Boastful words of Aemilianus Monae.
Did he ever build this panoply?
In any case, he did not wear it much.
He died in Sicily, at the age of twenty-seven.
Scheme | XABX XXXA BAXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111000110 1111100100 0011111101 0110101110 111111111 1011111 1111110001 1010111101 101111 111011100 0101111111 11010010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 462 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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