Analysis of I Go Out On The Road Alone
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov 1814 (Moscow) – 1841 (Pyatigorsk, Caucasus Oblast)
Alone I set out on the road;
The flinty path is sparkling in the mist;
The night is still. The desert harks to God,
And star with star converses.
The vault is overwhelmed with solemn wonder
The earth in cobalt aura sleeps. . .
Why do I feel so pained and troubled?
What do I harbor: hope, regrets?
I see no hope in years to come,
Have no regrets for things gone by.
All that I seek is peace and freedom!
To lose myself and sleep!
But not the frozen slumber of the grave...
I'd like eternal sleep to leave
My life force dozing in my breast
Gently with my breath to rise and fall;
By night and day, my hearing would be soothed
By voices sweet, singing to me of love.
And over me, forever green,
A dark oak tree would bend and rustle.
Scheme | XXXX XXXX AXAX XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 01111101 0101110001 0111010111 0111100 0110111010 0101101 111111010 11110101 11110111 11011111 111111010 11101 1101010101 11010111 11110011 101111101 1101110111 1101101111 01010101 011111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 724 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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