Analysis of At The Theatre
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
I got bored looking at the stage
and raised my eyes to the box circle.
In one of the boxes I saw you
with your strange beauty, your decadent youthfulness.
My thoughts turned back at once
to all I'd heard about you that afternoon;
my mind and body were aroused.
And as I gazed enthralled
at your languid beauty, your languid youthfulness,
your tastefully discriminating dress,
in my imagination I kept picturing you
the way they'd talked about you that afternoon.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 011110110 011010111 1111011001 111111 1111011101 11010001 011101 1110101101 110001001 010010111001 0111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 459 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 371 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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