Analysis of As much as you can
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
And if you can't shape your life the way you want,
at least try as much as you can
not to degrade it
by too much contact with the world,
by too much activity and talk.
Try not to degrade it by dragging it along,
taking it around and exposing it so often
to the daily silliness
of social events and parties,
until it comes to seem a boring hanger-on.
Scheme | XXXXX XXXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 01111110111 11111111 11011 1111101 111010001 111011110101 1010100101110 1010100 11001010 011111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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