Analysis of The Russian Mind
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov 1866 (Moscow) – 1949 (Rome)
Willful and avid mind,-
The Russian mind is dangerous as flame:
So unrestrainable, so clear,
A happy and a gloomy mind.
Like the steady hand of a compass
It sees the pole through swells and fog;
It leads the timid will
From distracted dreams to life.
Like an eagle gazing through the mist
To survey the valley's dust
It soberly contemplates the earth,
Floating in a mystic night.
| Scheme | AXXA XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101 0101110011 1111 01000101 101011010 11011101 110101 1010111 111010101 1010101 11001001 1000101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 376 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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