Analysis of And I Lounged and Lay on Their Beds
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
When I went to that house of pleasure
I didn't stay in the front rooms where they celebrate,
with some decorum, the accepted modes of love.
I went into the secret rooms
and lounged and lay on their beds.
I went into the secret rooms
considered shameful even to name.
But not shameful to me -because if they were,
what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be?
I'd rather be an ascetic. That would be more in keeping,
much more in keeping with my poetry,
than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms.
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Metre | 111111110 110100111110 110100010111 11010101 0101111 11010101 010101011 11101101110 1111011110111 110110101111010 1101011100 111111000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 509 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 400 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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