Analysis of Sunbeam
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
I pray to the sunbeam from the window -
It is pale, thin, straight.
Since morning I have been silent,
And my heart - is split.
The copper on my washstand
Has turned green,
But the sunbeam plays on it
So charmingly.
How innocent it is, and simple,
In the evening calm,
But to me in this deserted temple
It's like a golden celebration,
And a consolation.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011010 11111 11011110 01111 010111 111 101111 1100 110011010 00101 1110101010 11010010 00010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 360 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 271 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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