Analysis of The Glory of the Ptolemies
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
I'm Lagides, king -through my power and wealth
complete master of the art of pleasure.
There's no Macedonian, no barbarian, equal to me
or even approaching me. The son of Selefkos
is really a joke with his cheap lechery.
But if you're looking for other things, note this too:
my city's the greatest preceptor, queen of the Greek world,
genius of all knowledge, of every art.
| Scheme | ABCDBEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111001 0110101110 11010101001011 11001010111 110011111 111101101111 110010111011 10111011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 375 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 292 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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