Analysis of Heaven Above, Heaven Below
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov 1866 (Moscow) – 1949 (Rome)
Night opens wide the burning Macrocosm,-
And heaven's hierarchies come into view
Lo, the spirit sings, and the elements dance
Interwoven with snaky locks of starlight.
And the Microcosm grows distinct in the deep night:
We hear the roar of elements spinning inside us,-
And behold our own hierarchical assemblage
From close stars to dim-eyed spots of light.
There is a milky way in the soul as in the heavens;
There is a multitude in both of these creations:
The same word is stamped in both of these books -
And twin scales measure the same weight.
There is a He in the flames of depths revealed;
There is an I in the deepest miracles.
Scheme | XXXA AXXA BBX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 010101011 10101001001 01011111 001001010011 1101110010011 001101100010 111111111 11010100110010 110100111010 0111101111 01110011 11010011101 11110010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 631 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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