Analysis of Years by years we change much.
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Years by years we change much.
Here the three women look at me.
- You were better, -
One of them has told.
I met her ten years ago.
Concerning the mountains of the snow-covered edge,
In the distance the fiery decline flares.
- You are all same, - speak second,
Forgotten five years ago.
And the third, the hands are not disconnecting a milds,
To me whispers hot , is full a trembling :
- You were worse... Tell that did not love them...
What I was, she does not know.
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С годами изменяемся немало.
Вот на меня три женщины глядят.
- Ты лучше был, -
одна из них сказала.
Я с ней встречался десять лет назад.
Касаясь гор заснеженного края,
Вдали пылает огненный закат.
- Ты все такой же, - говорит вторая,
Забытая пять лет тому назад.
А третья, рук не размыкая милых,
Мне жарко шепчет, трепета полна:
- Ты хуже был... Скажи, что не любил их...-
Каким я был, не ведает она.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 111111 10110111 1010 11111 1101101 010010101101 00100100011 1111110 0101101 001011101001 11101110100 101111111 1111111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,204 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on March 02, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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