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.


Scheme ABCDDEFGDDCE
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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Constantine P. Cavafy

Constantine P. Cavafy was a Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant. He published 154 poems; dozens more remained incomplete or in sketch form. His most important poetry was written after his fortieth birthday. more…

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