Analysis of Tomb of Evrion
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
In this tomb—ornately designed,
the whole of syenite stone,
covered by so many violets, so many lilies—
lies handsome Evrion,
an Alexandrian, twenty-five years old.
On his father's side, he was of old Macedonian stock,
on his mother's side, descended from a line of magistrates.
He studied philosophy with Aristokleitos,
rhetoric with Paros, and at Thebes
the sacred scriptures. He wrote a history
of the province of Arsinoites. That at least will survive.
But we've lost what was really precious: his form—
like a vision of Apollo.
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Metre | 01101001 01111 10111010011010 1101 1110111 1110111110101 11101010101110 110010011 10011011 01010110100 101011111101 11111101011 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 422 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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