I Have No Use For Odic Legions
Anna Akhmatova 1889 (Odessa) – 1966 (Moscow)
I have no use for odic legions,
Or for the charm of elegiac play
For me, all verse should be off kilter
Not the usual way.
If only you knew what trash gives rise
To verse, without a tinge of shame,
Like bright dandelions by a fence,
Like burdock and like cocklebur.
An angry shout, the bracing smell of tar,
Mysterious mildew on the wall…
And out comes a poem, light-hearted, tender,
To your delight and mine.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | XABA XXXB XXBX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 408 |
| Words | 79 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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