Analysis of You Didn't Understand
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Vacuous Julian had the following to say
about our religious beliefs: 'I read, I understood,
I condemned'. He thought we'd be devastated
by that 'condemned', the silly ass.
Witticisms like that don't get by with us Christians.
Our quick reply: 'You read but didn't understand;
had you understood, you wouldn't have condemned.'
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001001010011 01100100111101 1011111100 11010101 1111111110 101011111001 1101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 327 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 253 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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