Question: Buria mgloiu nebo kroet..

[pjs]

Buria mgloiu nebo kroet,
Vixri snezhnye krutia;
To kak zver' ona zavoet,
To zaplachet, kak ditia,
To po krovle obvetshaloi
Vdrug solomoi zashumit,
To, kak putnik zapozdalyj,
K nam v okoshko zastuchit.

Okay, I am inerested in the use of the perfective future here
"zavoet...zaplachet...zashumit... zastuchit"

It struck me that this is precisely equivalent to English future usage:

A storm covers the sky,
Swirling snowy whirlwinds;
First *it'll start to howl* like a wild beast.
Then *will start to cry* like a child,
Now *it 'll rustle* the thatch
On the ramshackle roof,
Then, like a belated traveler,
*It'll knock* at our window.

Does this seem right?

Anyone know the technical name for this use of the perfective future? Is
there one?

Thanks to all!

Peter Scotto
Department of Russian
Mount Holyoke College

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