Analysis of Street Circus
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok 1880 (Saint Petersburg) – 1921
A small circus is amazing;
It’s for kids who are merry and bright;
There a girl and a boy're gazing
At the ladies, kings, and droll sprites.
… And that terrible music cries over our lot,
Despondently howls the bow…
The scary sprite has captured a tiny tot,
With cranberry juice dripping down.
- The boy -
He'll be rescued from a new burst of anger
With a wave of a delicate hand.
There – lights coming on,
See their growing reflection?
See the smoke? See the torch on the stand?
This must be the royal procession.
- The girl -
Come now, why all this teasing talk?
This is the devil's escort…
In the daylight the queen goes out for a walk,
Head to toe with rosebuds decorated.
And escort of knights hold the train of her frock
And jingle their swords, all excited.
Suddenly the clown twists in the lights
Screaming, «Please help me! Please help!
I am bleeding red cranberry juice!
I have bandages made of rags!
I have a paper helmet on my head!
I’ve a wooden sword in my hand!»
Here both the girl and the boy broke into tears,
And the merry street circus shut its doors.
Scheme | AXABCXCX XXDXEDE XFXFGXG BXBBXD BB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (37%) |
Metre | 01101010 111111001 101001110 10101011 0110010110101 1101 01011100101 1101101 01 11101011110 101101001 11101 1110010 101101101 111010010 01 11111101 1101001 0010111101 11111100 00111101101 010111010 100011001 1011111 11101101 11100111 1101010111 10101011 11010011011 0010110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,062 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 7, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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