Analysis of Those Who Fought for the Achaean League
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Valiant are you who fought and fell gloriously;
fearless of those who were everywhere victorious.
Blameless, even if Diaeos and Critolaos were at fault.
When the Greeks want to boast,
"Our nation turns out such men" they will say
of you. And thus marvellous will be your praise. --
Written in Alexandria by an Achaean;
in the seventh year of Ptolemy Lathyrus.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101111011000 101110100100 10101101011 101111 10101111111 110111111 100010011010 0010111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 360 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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