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forgereads17's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
4.0
jeulip's review against another edition
3.0
yeah. so. this reads like a series of vignettes, snapshots into different lenses of love, different lives. anna has this really cool thing that she does where she takes something utterly ordinary and positions it so that the gleam shines through. so that the light catches the right emotional angle.
i could totally be basic and quote the glove on the left hand blah blah blah quote but here have this instead
ah, i didn't lock the door,
i didn't light the candles.
you don't know that, exhausted,
i decided not to go to bed.
to watch how the streaks of sunset died away in the gloom of the firs,
getting drunk on the sound of a voice that resembles yours.
i could totally be basic and quote the glove on the left hand blah blah blah quote but here have this instead
ah, i didn't lock the door,
i didn't light the candles.
you don't know that, exhausted,
i decided not to go to bed.
to watch how the streaks of sunset died away in the gloom of the firs,
getting drunk on the sound of a voice that resembles yours.
scottishben's review against another edition
4.0
Some of her poems are among my favorites and they have left a real impression on me and I find myself keeping coming back to them. Here we have a solid version of poems, some of which are among my favorites and others less so. I find it interesting to read different translations of her poems but this version is not my favorite.
maya_irl's review against another edition
3.0
"In narrow channels water won't flow -
Cooling, stands still.
Here nothing will ever happen, I know -
It never will!"
Cooling, stands still.
Here nothing will ever happen, I know -
It never will!"
albajl's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
I think for a Russian poet she’s quite easy to read, but I’m not sure if I like her imagery and rhythmic patterns
lydia_who's review against another edition
3.0
"And your sorrow, hidden from others,
Drew me close and opened forthright
And you saw just how much I was smothered By the poisonous yearning inside."
Drew me close and opened forthright
And you saw just how much I was smothered By the poisonous yearning inside."
punkgodofthestraightrazor's review
3.0
Good
Good, but not great. Anna Akhmatova was young when she wrote these poems and I think that shows. Excellent translation.
Good, but not great. Anna Akhmatova was young when she wrote these poems and I think that shows. Excellent translation.
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