Analysis of Morning Sea

Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)



Let me stop here. Let me, too, look at nature awhile.
The brilliant blue of the morning sea, of the cloudless sky,
the yellow shore; all lovely,
all bathed in light.

Let me stand here. And let me pretend I see all this
(I really did see it for a minute when I first stopped)
and not my usual day-dreams here too,
my memories, those images of sensual pleasure.


Scheme XXXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111111001 01011010110101 0101110 1101 1111011011111 11011110101111 0111001111 11001100110010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 360
Words 71
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 138
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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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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