The Annotated Afanas′ev Library
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Meter color: Black = iambic,
red = trochee,
blue = pyrrhic,
green = spondee.
Meter variation: From Scherr 1986 (and ultimately from Taranovsky 1953)
(see below).
Word meter: M = masculine (red),
F = feminine (blue), D = dactylic or longer (black).
Stressed vowel color: Black = /a/,
red = /i/,
blue = /o/,
green = /e/,
purple = /u/.
Rhyme: Lower-case (a) = masculine, upper-case (A) = feminine, upper-case with prime (A′) = dactylic.
Line | Text | Meter | Meter Variation | Word Group Boundary | Word Meter | Stressed Vowels | Rhyme |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
5
9
13 |
В своей | бессо|вестной | и жал|кой ни|зости,
Она | шерша|вая, | она | колю|чая,
О, е|сли б о|строе | почу|ял жа|ло я!
Свои|ми коль|цами | она, | упор|ная, |
OX|OX|OO|OX|OX(OO)
OX|OX|OO|OX|OX(OO)
OX|OX|OO|OX|OX(OO)
OX|OX|OO|OX|OX(OO) |
IV
IV
IV
IV |
O X|O X O O|O X O|X O O
O X|O X O O|O X|O X O O
O X O|X O O|O X O|X O O
O X O|X O O|O X|O X O O | M
D
F
D
M
D
M
D
F
D
F
D
F
D
M
D
|
E O A I
A A A U
E O U A
I O A O |
A′
A′
A′
A′ |
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