Analysis of Tomb of Ignatos

Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)



Here I'm not the Kleon famous in Alexandria
(where they're not easily dazzled)
for my marvelous houses, my gardens,
for my horses and chariots,
for the jewels and silks I wore.
Far from it—here I'm not that Kleon:
his twenty-eight years are to be wiped out.
I'm Ignatios, lector, who came to his senses very late;
but even so, in that way I lived ten happy months
in the peace, the security of Christ.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111011000100 11110010 1110010110 11100100 10100111 11111111 1101111111 1110111110101 1101011111101 0010010011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 402
Words 76
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 308
Words per stanza (avg) 74
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Constantine P. Cavafy

Constantine P. Cavafy was a Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant. He published 154 poems; dozens more remained incomplete or in sketch form. His most important poetry was written after his fortieth birthday. more…

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