Analysis of Reading 'Hamlet'
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
The lot by the graves was a dusty hot land;
The river behind -- blue and cool.
You told me, 'Well, go to a convent,
Or go marry a fool...'
Princes always say that, being placid or fierce,
But I cherish this speech, short and poor --
Let it flow and shine through a thousand years,
Like from shoulders do mantles of fur.
And, as if in wrong occasion,
I said, 'Thou,' else...
And an easy smile of pleasure
Lit up dear face.
From such lapses, told or mental,
Every cheek would blaze.
I love you as forty gentle
Sisters love and bless.
Scheme | XAXAXXXB XXBX CXCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101101011 01001101 111111010 111001 10111101011 111011101 1110110101 111011011 01101010 1111 01101110 1111 11101110 100111 11111010 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 528 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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