Analysis of Pictured
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
My work, I'm very careful about it, and I love it.
But today I'm discouraged by how slowly it's going.
The day has affected my mood.
It gets darker and darker. Endless wind and rain.
I'm more in the mood for looking than for writing.
In this picture, I'm now gazing at a handsome boy
who is lying down close to a spring,
exhausted from running.
What a handsome boy; what a heavenly noon
has caught him up in sleep.
I sit and gaze like this for a long time,
recovering through art from the effort of creating it.
| Scheme | ABCDBEBBFGHA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110100110111 10110101110110 01101011 111001010101 110011101110 0110111010101 111011101 010110 10101101001 111101 1101111011 010011101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 508 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 393 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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