Analysis of Grey Hairs

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



These are ashes of treasures:
Of hurt and loss.
These are ashes in face of which
Granite is dross.
Dove, naked and brilliant,
It has no mate.
Solomon's ashes
Over vanity that's great.
Time's menacing chalkmark,
Not to be overthrown.
Means God knocks at the door
-- Once the house has burned down!
Not choked yet by refuse,
Days' and dreams' conqueror.
Like a thunderbolt -- Spirit
Of early grey hair.
It's not you who've betrayed me
On the home front, years.
This grey is the triumph
Of immortal powers.


Scheme ABCBDEFEGHIJKLMNOPQA
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 1110110 1101 11100111 1011 110010 1111 10010 1010011 11001 11101 111101 101111 111101 101100 101010 11011 1110011 10111 111010 101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 492
Words 92
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 387
Words per stanza (avg) 90
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Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva

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