Analysis of To the Muse
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok 1880 (Saint Petersburg) – 1921
In your hidden memories
There are fatal tidings of doom...
A curse on sacred traditions,
A desecration of happiness;
And a power so alluring
That I am ready to repeat the rumour
That you have brought angels down from heaven,
Enticing them with your beauty...
And when you mock at faith,
That pale, greyish-purple halo
Which I once saw before
Suddenly begins to shine above you.
Are you evil or good? You are altogether from another world
They say strange things about you
For some you are the Muse and a miracle.
For me you are torment and hell.
I do not know why in the hour of dawn,
When no strength was left to me,
I did not perish, but caught sight of your face
And begged you to comfort me.
I wanted us to be enemies;
Why then did you make me a present
Of a flowery meadow and of the starry firmament --
The whole curse of your beauty?
Your fearful caresses were more treacherous
Than the northern night,
More intoxicating than the golden champagne of Aï,
Briefer than a gypsy woman's love...
And there was a fatal pleasure
In trampling on cherished and holy things;
And this passion, bitter as wormwood,
Was a frenzied delight for the heart!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110100 11101011 01110010 000101100 00101010 1111010100 1111101110 01011110 011111 1111010 111101 1000111011 1110111101010101 1111011 11110100100 1111101 11111001011 1111111 11110111111 0111101 110111100 111111010 101001010101 0111110 11001001100 10101 1010010100110 101010101 01101010 0101100101 01101011 101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,138 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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