Analysis of Recovery
Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov 1787 (Vologda) – 1855 (Vologda)
As a wild flower hangs its head and wilts
Beneath the reaper's killing scythe,
Ill, I awaited my untimely end
And thought: the fateful hour's nigh.
With eyes already veiled by Erebus' thick gloom,
My heart slowed down its beat:
I was collapsing, disappearing, and it seemed
The sun of youth had set.
Then you arrived, O my heart's joy,
And with the breath of your red lips,
The flaming tears of your bright eyes
The union of our kisses,
The strength of loving words and passionate sighs
You called me back from gloomy realms,
From Orcus's fields and Lethe's shores
Sweet pleasures to enjoy again.
You give me life once more, it is your healing gift,
I'll breathe you in until my grave.
My mortal hour will ev'n be sweet:
For now I die of love.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLKMNOPQFR |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1011011101 0101101 1101010101 01010101 1101011111 111111 11010010011 011111 11011111 01011111 01011111 01011010 01110101001 11111101 111011 11010101 111111111101 11100111 1101011111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 739 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 579 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 137 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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