Analysis of Hidden Things
Constantine P. Cavafy 1863 (Alexandria) – 1933 (Alexandria)
Let them not seek to discover who I was
from all that I have done and said.
An obstacle was there that transformed
the deeds and the manner of my life.
An obstacle was there that stopped me
many times when I was about to speak.
Only from my most imperceptible deeds
and my most covert writings--
from these alone will they understand me.
But perhaps it isn't worth exerting
such care and such effort for them to know me.
Later, in the more perfect society,
surely some other person created like me
will appear and act freely.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010111 11111101 110011101 010010111 110011111 1011110111 1011101001 0111010 110111011 1011101010 11011011111 10001010100 101101001011 1010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 417 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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