Analysis of The Grave of the Grammarian Lysias
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Very close to you, as you enter on the right, in the Beirut
library, we buried the sage Lysias,
the grammarian. The spot is beautifully right.
We placed him near those things of his that he perhaps
remembers even there -- scholia, texts, grammars,
scriptures, numerous commentaries in tomes on hellenisms.
This way, his grave will also be seen and honored
by us, when we pass among the books.
| Scheme | ABCBBBDB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111101010001 10110011 010111001 111111111101 010101111 101001000111 111111011010 111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 308 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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