A tall, strapping shot, you, considerate hunter...
Boris Pasternak 1890 (Moscow) – 1960 (Peredelkino)
A tall, strapping shot, you, considerate hunter,
Phantom with gun at the flood of my soul,
Do not destroy me now as a traitor,
As fodder for feeling, crumbled up small!
Grant me destruction rising and soaring,
Dress me at night in the willow and ice.
Start me, I pray, from the reeds in the morning,
Finish me off with one shot in my flight,
And for this lofty and resonant parting
Thank you. Forgive me, I kiss you, oh hands
Of my neglected, my disregarded
Homeland, my diffidence, family, friends.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXAX BXBX BXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 496 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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