Analysis of Saša Milivojev - THE FIREFLY AND THE WIND

Saša Milivojev 1986 (Serbia)



Thunder rumbles
The poles melting
Waves crashing
Towns sinking
I prayed to heaven
The wind has extinguished you
I will go barefoot on ice
Freeze myself going after you
My love


Scheme ABBBCDEDF
Poetic Form Nonet (22%)
Metre 1010 0110 110 110 11110 0110101 111111 1110101 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 183
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 145
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Modified on March 14, 2023

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Saša Milivojev

Saša Milivojev is a famous writer, poet, journalist columnist and political analyst... One of the most read columnists in Serbia, he is the author of five books, and numerous columns published in various daily newspapers. He is the author of the novel “The Boy from the Yellow House” and of political speeches. His work has been translated into around twenty languages across the world. more…

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