Analysis of For my poems, written so early

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva 1892 (Moscow) – 1941 (Yelabuga, Tatar ASSR)



For my poems, written so early
That I didn't even know I was a poet,
Hurled like drops from a fountain,
Like sparks from rockets,

That burst like tiny devils,
Into the sanctuary of sleep and incense,
For my poems about youth and death
-- For my unread poems!

Scattered in dusty bookstores,
Where no one ever buys them!
For my poems, like precious wines,
A time will come.


Scheme XXXX XXXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111010110 111010111010 1111010 11110 1111010 01010011001 111001101 110110 100101 1111011 11101101 0111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 369
Words 71
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva

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