Analysis of The Pillow Hot
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
The pillow hot
On both sides,
The second candle
Dying, the ravens
Crying. Haven't
Slept all night, too late
To dream of sleep...
How unbearably white
The blind on the white window.
Good morning, morning!
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 0101 111 01010 10010 1010 11111 1111 101001 0110110 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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