Analysis of Days of 1903
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
I never found them again -- the things so quickly lost....
the poetic eyes, the pale
face.... in the dusk of the street....
I never found them again -- the things acquired quite by chance,
that I gave up so lightly;
and that later in agony I wanted.
The poetic eyes, the pale face,
those lips, I never found again.
| Scheme | XXX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101101011101 0010101 1001101 110110101010111 1111110 01100100110 00101011 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 315 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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