Analysis of Prayer
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
A sailor drowned in the sea's depths
Unaware, his mother goes and lights
a tall candle before the ikon of our Lady
praying that he'll come back quickly, that the weather may be good
her ear cocked always to the wind.
While she prays and supplicates,
the ikon listens, solemn, sad,
knowing the son she waits for never will come back.
| Scheme | AX XX XA XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010011 01110101 01100101011010 101111101010111 0111101 11101 01010101 100111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 334 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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