DOL'NIK

[elizabeth ginzburg]

Dear Roman and Elena:

My concern is: when one defines iamb, for instance, there is no need to
compare the foot with "the rest of the line", of course. In case of
dol'nik not only there is such a necessity, but also one must compare a
foot with the remaining surrounding lineS in a verse, and even with all
stanzas of a multistanzaic composition.

Dolnik consists of the meter irregularity...
but at  which hierarchic level?
line or STANZA or entire poem?

In Tyutchev's 'Last Love',despite the irregularity of the iambic structure
in this case, it would be difficult to find
dolnik in the 4th lines "Liubvi poslednei, zari vechernei" and "Ty i
blazhenstvo, i bezbnadezhnost'..."

I am not trying to sound controversial but  I am just positive that Last
Love is NOT written in dolnik's, because of the striking similarity of
the two irregular 4th lines in the embracing stanzas 1 and 3.
And there is another reason to look for a more simple
explanation..."disagreement" of the 4-line standard graphic form and a
different (though perfectly iambic)form, in which PROBABLY Last love was
initially composed...
I would be glad to discuss the subject...

Liza Ginzburg

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