Analysis of In Church
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
I love the church: its labara,
its silver vessels, its candleholders,
the lights, the ikons, the pulpit.
Whenever I go there, into a church of the Greeks,
with its aroma of incense,
its liturgical chanting and harmony,
the majestic presence of the priests,
dazzling in their ornate vestments,
the solemn rhythm of their gestures-
my thoughts turn to the great glories of our race,
to the splendor of our Byzantine heritage.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 1101011 0101010 0101110101101 11010101 10100100100 001010101 10001011 010101110 111101101101 101011010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 8 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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