Analysis of Where The Waxwings Used To Dwell

Velimir Khlebnikov 1885 (Malye Derbety) – 1922 (Kresttsy, Krestetsky District, Novgorod Oblast)



Where the waxwings used to dwell,
Where the pine trees softly swayed,
A flock of airy momentwills
Flew around and flew away.
Where the pine trees softly whooshed
Where the warblewings sang out
A flock of airy momentwills
Flew around and flew about.
In wild and shadowy disarray
Among the ghosts of bygone days,
Wheeled and tintinnabulated.
A flock of airy momentwills
A flock of airy momentwills!
You're warblewingish and beguilish,
You besot my soul like strumming,
Like a wave invade my heart!
Go on, ringing warblewings,
Long live airy momentwills!


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Poetic Form
Metre 101111 1011101 011101 1010101 1011101 10111 011101 1010101 01010001 0101111 101 011101 011101 1101 1111110 1010111 11101 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 542
Words 93
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 447
Words per stanza (avg) 91
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Velimir Khlebnikov

Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name Velimir Khlebnikov, was a poet and playwright, a central part of the Russian Futurist movement, but his work and influence stretch far beyond it. more…

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