So Much I Gazed
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
So much I gazed on beauty,
that my vision is replete with it.
Contours of the body. Red lips. Voluptuous limbs.
Hair as if taken from greek statues;
always beautiful, even when uncombed,
and it falls, slightly, over white foreheads.
Faces of love, as my poetry
wanted them.... in the nights of my youth,
in my nights, secretly, met....
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AX XXAXAXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 335 |
Words | 61 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 7 |
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