Analysis of The Two Of Us Won’t Share A Glass Together
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
The two of us won’t share a glass together
Be it of water or of sweet red wine;
We won’t be kissing, in the morning either
Nor, late at night, enjoy an evening shine…
You breathe the sun, I breathe the moon; however
We are united by one love forever.
I always have with me my true soul mate,
You have with you your ever-merry girlfriend;
Yet I’m acquainted with your eye’s dismay
As you’re the reason of my lifelong ailment.
The length of our dates won’t be increased,
That’s how, it’s doomed, to honor our peace.
Yet, it’s my breath that flows in your rhymes
While in my rhymes your voice is singing clear;
Oh’ neither oblivion, nor fear
Will ever dare to touch this kind of flame.
I wish you knew how I am longing now
To feel your dry and rosy lips somehow.
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Metre | 01111101010 1111011111 11110001010 1111011101 1101110110 11010111010 111111111 1111110101 1101011101 11010111110 0111011101 1111110101 111111011 1011111101 110010011 1101111111 1111111101 111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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