This is an analysis of Take From My Palms by Osip Emilevich Mandelstam.
Just for joy, take from my palms
A little sun, a little honey,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXb bbX caX dad dcX
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,
- Metre: 1111011 010101010 110001010 11000110001 011011001 00110011100101 10101111 10111 1111101 11000101001 11001101 11110101 1110111001 0101010 0111110001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 15
Anaphora
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