Analysis of Under Her Dark Veil
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
Under her dark veil she wrung her hands.
"Why are you so pale today?"
"Because I made him drink of stinging grief
Until he got drunk on it.
How can I forget? He staggered out,
His mouth twisted in agony.
I ran down not touching the bannister
And caught up with him at the gate.
I cried: 'A joke!
That's all it was. If you leave, I'll die.'
He smiled calmly and grimly
And told me: 'Don't stand here in the wind.' "
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100111101 1111101 0111111101 0111111 111011101 11100100 1111100100 01111101 1101 111111111 1110010 011111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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