While Lounging In A Chair

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet 1820 (Mtsensk) – 1892 (Moscow)



While lounging in a chair, I looked up at the ceiling
   Where, teasing my imagination,
A circle hangs above the quiet lamp,
   And spins just like a ghostly shadow.

Within the flicker there's a trace of autumn sunset:
   As if, above the rooftop and the garden,
Unable to fly off, afraid to land,
   Dark flocks of blackbirds circle. . .
   
No, it's not wings I hear, but hooves at the front gate!
   I hear the trembling hands . . .
How chill the pallor of a lovely face!
   How bitter parting's whisper! . .
   
Lost and in silence, I survey the distant road
   Beyond the dimming garden,-
While the impatient flock of blackbirds,
   Unsheltered, circles still.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAXX XAXX XXXX XAXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 656
Words 112
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet, later known as Shenshin, was a renowned Russian poet regarded as the finest master of lyric verse in Russian literature. more…

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