Analysis of He Had Planned To Read
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
He had planned to read. Two or three books lie open,
books by historians, by poets.
But he read for barely ten minutes,
then gave it up, falling half-asleep on the sofa.
He's completely devoted to books
but he's twenty-three, and very good-looking;
and this afternoon Eros penetrated
his ideal flesh, his lips,
an erotic warmth penetrated
his lovely flesh
with no ridiculous shame about the form the pleasure took....
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111110 110100110 111110110 1111101011010 101001011 11101010110 010110100 101111 10101100 1101 110100101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 416 |
Words | 72 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 328 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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