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 |
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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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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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