Analysis of Greetings!
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
Do you hear the soft rustle
beside your table?
Don't bother to write
for I'll come to you.
Is it possible you are angry
with me like the last time?
You say that you don't want to see my hands,
my hands or my eyes.
I am with you in your bright, simple room.
Don't chase me away
to where the cold, murky water
flows under the bridge.
Scheme | AAXX XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110 01110 11011 11111 111001110 111011 1111111111 11111 1111011101 11101 11011010 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 332 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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