Analysis of You walk, and look like me
Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva 1892 (Moscow) – 1941 (Yelabuga, Tatar ASSR)
You walk, and look like me,
Your eyes directed down.
I also used to lower mine!
Hey you, passer by, stop!
Read-when you've gathered
A bouquet of buttercups and poppies,
That I was called Marina
And how old I was.
Don't think that this is a grave,
That I will appear,scary...
I myself loved too much
To laugh, when I shouldn't have!
And the blood would come to my face
And my hair was curly...
You passer by, I also was!
You passer by, stop!
Break yourself off a wild stem
And after it a berry,-
No wild strawberry is larger or sweeter
Than one from a graveyard.
Only don't stand gloomily,
Dropping your head on your chest,
Think about me easily,
As easily then forget!
How the sun's ray shines upon you!
You're all covered in golden dust...
-Don't let it disturb you,
My voice from underground.
| Scheme | AXXB XXXC XDXX XACB XADX AXAX EXEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 110101 11011101 111011 11110 001110010 1111010 01111 1111101 1111 11111 1111101 00111111 011110 11011101 11011 1011011 0101010 1110110110 11101 1011100 1011111 1011100 1100101 10111011 11100101 111011 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 776 |
| Words | 152 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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