Analysis of From Four Till Seven

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



Like in a mirror, there's shade in the heart
I'm bored alone - and with men…
Slowly drags the light of the day
From four till seven!
Everybody is cruel in the dusk,
Don't go to people - they'll lie.
Fingers have wound into a knot
The kerchief. I want to cry.
Only don't torture me so,
If you hurt me I'll forgive!
From four till seven o'clock
I endlessly grieve.


Scheme ABCDEFGFHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 1001011001 1101011 10101101 11110 100110001 1111011 10110101 0101111 1011011 1111101 1111001 11001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 361
Words 73
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 273
Words per stanza (avg) 71
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Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva

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