Alushta By Night
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz 1798 ( Zaosie, Lithuania Governorate) – 1855 (Constantinople)
The drooping, weary day night pushed aside;
On Tschatir Dagh the sullen sun and low
Paints phantom purple upon ancient snow;
While forest ways within, the wanderers hide.
Night veils the mountains and the valleys wide;
The thunderous brooks are dream-held, dulled, and slow;
Beneath the blackness fragrant flowers blow
And rich leaf-music clothes each valley side.
Almost my waking eyes are dream-held too;
With gold a meteor marks the deep-domed sky
And fountain-like the fiery sparks float by.
Oh! Beauty of the Eastern Night, you woo
My spirit like the odalisque, who held
Men captive till her kiss the dream dispelled!
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBAABBA CDDCEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
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