Analysis of May Dew
Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin 1872 – 1963
May dew and haze
I catch in taut canvases.
Stuffed in a costrel tight,
I'll take them home come light.
Blissful constellations blaze
the Zodiac cites.
Planets make marriages
guarding my rite.
And now I pick the rotted plant
of bitter and of living life.
Vatic bubbling rants...
Flame, fiery ally!
All from death must sink from sight,
(Are the stars in well or sky?)
Clear stubble of bygone vine
I'm given again to derive.
Bark and pinkish light, -
Everything's back from dust.
Whoever knows no terror of decay
is never to be subject to destruction.
If wind's lush steed should pass this way,
it will not tip the treetop down.
An otherworldly spring will crown
the head, if holy fire's alive.
Scheme | ABCCADBCEFAGCGHICJKLKMMI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1101100 10011 111111 100101 0101 101100 1011 01110101 11001101 11001 110010 1111111 1010111 110111 11001101 10101 10111 0101110101 11011011010 11111111 1111011 11010111 011101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 676 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 540 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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