Analysis of The Victory
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
Over a pier, the first beacon inflamed --
The vanguard of other sea-rangers;
The mariner cried and bared his head;
He sailed with death beside and ahead
In seas, packed with furious dangers.
By our doors Great Victory stays ...
But how we'll glory her advent?
Let women lift higher the children! They blessed
With life mid a thousand thousands deaths --
Thus will be the dearest answered.
| Scheme | XABBA XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1001011001 01110110 010010111 111101001 011110010 110111001 1111001 11011001011 111010101 11101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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