Bednyj pevec

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky 1783 (village of Mishenskoe) – 1852



O krasnyj mir, gde ja votshche rascvel,
prosti navek! S obmanutoj dushoju
ja schast'ja zhdal - mechtam konec;
pogiblo vse, umolkni, lira;
skorej, skorej v obitel' mira,
bednyj pevec, bednyj pevec!

Chto zhizn', kogda v nej net ocharovan'ja?
Blazhenstvo znat', k nemu letet' dushoj,
no propast' zret' mezh nim i mezh soboj;
zhelat' vsjak chas i trepetat' zhelan'ja...

O pristan' gorestnykh serdec,
mogila, vernyj put' k pokoju,
kogda zhe budet vzjat toboju
bednyj pevec, bednyj pevec?

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xabccB aaaa baaB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 477
Words 78
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 4

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. more…

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