Analysis of Grey
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Looking at an opal, a half-grey opal,
I remembered two beautiful grey eyes
I had seen it must have been twenty years before . . .
For a month we loved each other
Then he went away, I think to Smyrna,
To work there; we never saw each other again.
The grey eyes ---- if he lives ---- have lost their beauty;
The beautiful face will have been spoiled.
O Memory, preserve them as they were.
And, Memory, all you can of this love of mine
Whatever you can bring back to me tonight.
Scheme | XXX AXX XX AXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111001110 1010110011 111111110101 10111110 1110111110 111110111001 01111111110 010011111 1100011110 010011111111 1011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 473 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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