Analysis of You, Who was Born for Poetry's Creation
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
You, who was born for poetry's creation,
Do not repeat the sayings of the ancients.
Though, maybe, our Poetry, itself,
Is just a single beautiful citation.
| Scheme | ABCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111010 11010101010 1101010001 11010100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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