Analysis of Books In Red Binding

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva 1892 (Moscow) – 1941 (Yelabuga, Tatar ASSR)



From heaven of a childhood life
A farewell to me you're sending,
The ever-loyal dear friends
Within a red worn down binding.
On learning homework from school,
At once I ran to see you yet.
'It's late' - 'Please, Mother, ten more lines' -
But happily she did forget.
The fires flicker in a lamp..
How nice it is to read at home!
To sounds of Greeg, Schumann and Kui
I learned about the fate of Tom.
It's dark.. the air is growing cold..
Tom's full of faith in Becky's joy.
Within the darkness of the cave
Wanders with torch Indian Joe..
A cemetery.. owl is screaming..
(I'm scared) And now through hassocks flies
The punctilious widow's foster-child,
Like in a barrel Diogenes.
Lighter than Sun is the throne hall,
Over the graceful boy - a crown..
At once - a beggar! God! He said:
'Forgive, I'm heir to the throne.'
To darkness comes, who comes from her.
Sad is the destiny of Britain..
O, wherefore not amid red books
Not to go back to sleep again
Before a lamp? O golden times
Where sight is braver, heart is purer:
O golden times, I say again:
Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Prince and Beggar!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101011 0111110 0101011 01011110 110111 11111111 11110111 11001101 01010001 11111111 11111001 11010111 11011101 1111011 01010101 10111001 01001110 1101111 0010010101 100101 10111011 10010101 11010111 0111101 11011110 110100110 1110111 11111101 01011101 111101110 11011101 111101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,066
Words 206
Sentences 22
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 32
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 819
Words per stanza (avg) 203
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Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva

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