Analysis of To A Familiar Genius Flying By
Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky 1783 (village of Mishenskoe) – 1852
Reveal yourself, anonymous enchanter!
What heaven hastens you to me?
Why draw me to that promised land again
That I gave up so long ago?
Was it not you who in my youth
Enchanted me with such sweet dreams,
Did you not whisper, long ago,
Dear hopes of a guests ethereal?
Was it not you through whom all lived
In golden days, in happy lands
Of fragrant meadows, waters bright,
Where days were merry ?neath clear skies?
Was it not you who breathed into my vernal breast
Some melancholy mysteries
Tormenting it with keen desire
Exciting it to anxious joy?
Was it not you who bore my soul aloft
Upon the inspiration of your sacred verse,
Who flamed before me like a holy vision,
Initiating me into life's beauty?
In hours lost, hours of secret grief,
Did you not always murmur to my heart,
With happy comfort soothe it
And nurture it with quiet hope?
Did not my soul forever heed you
In all the purest moments of my life
When'ere it glimpsed fate's sacred essence
With only God to witness it?
What news bring you, O, my enchantress?
Or will you once more call in dreams
Awaken futile thoughts of old,
Whisper of joy and then fall silent?
O spirit, bide with me awhile;
O, faithful friend, haste not away;
Stay, please become my earthly life,
O, Guardian angel of my soul.
К мимопро летевше му знакомо му гению
С ;кажи, кто ты, плените ль безымян ный?
С каких небес примчал ся ты ко мне?
Зач 1077;м опять влечешь к обетова нной,
Да 1074;но, давно покинут ой стране?
Не ты ли тот, который жизнь младую
058;ак сладост но мечтами усыплял
И в старину про гостью неземну ю -
Про милую надежду ей шептал?
Не ты ли тот, кем все во дни прекрас ны
Так жило там, в счастли вых тех краях,
Г 1076;е луг душист, где воды светло-я ;сны,
Где весел день на чистых небесах ?
Не ты ль во грудь с живым весны дыханье м
Таинс 090;венной унылост ью влетал,
1045;е теснил томител ьным желанье м
И трепетн ым веселье м волн
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Metre | 01010100010 11010111 1111110101 11111101 11111011 01011111 11110101 111010100 11111111 01010101 1101101 11010111 111111011101 1100100 10111010 01011101 1111111101 01001011101 11011101010 0100101110 0101101101 111110111 1101011 01011101 111101011 0101010111 111111010 11011101 1111111 11111101 01010111 101101110 11011101 11011101 11011101 110010111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 4,616 |
Words | 706 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 12, 4 |
Lines Amount | 53 |
Letters per line (avg) | 54 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 238 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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