Analysis of And as it's Going
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
And as it's going often at love's breaking,
The ghost of first days came again to us,
The silver willow through window then stretched in,
The silver beauty of her gentle branches.
The bird began to sing the song of light and pleasure
To us, who fears to lift looks from the earth,
Who are so lofty, bitter and intense,
About days when we were saved together.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110101110 0111110111 0101110110 01010101010 0101110111010 1111111101 1111010001 0111101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 281 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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