Voices
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Ideal and beloved voices
of those who are dead, or of those
who are lost to us like the dead.
Sometimes they speak to us in our dreams;
sometimes in thought the mind hears them.
And with their sound for a moment return
other sounds from the first poetry of our life --
like distant music that dies off in the night.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 316 |
Words | 64 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3 |
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