song with imperatives?

[Olga Meerson]

There is a great 1922 poem by Xodasevich, on one prefix in many imperatives (plus another imperative). It is not a list aspiring to exhaustiveness at all, but for teaching the role of morphology in verb-formation, esp. of imperatives, it is excellent (Pereshagni, pereskochi, / Pereleti, pere- chto xochesh', --/ No vyrvis' kamnem iz prashchi,/ Zvezdoj, sorvavshejsia v nochi.../ Sam zaterial--teper' ishchi... //  Bog znaet, chto sebe bormochesh',/ ishcha pesne ili kliuchi):

Перешагни, перескочи,
Перелети, пере- что хочешь -
Но вырвись: камнем из пращи,
Звездой, сорвавшейся в ночи...
Сам затерял - теперь ищи...

Бог знает, что себе бормочешь,
Ища пенсне или ключи.

Now that I am slowly losing my memory, the poem is becoming ever more relevant.
o.m.


> On Feb 26, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Jennifer Day wrote:
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> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a pop (or other) song that illustrates the 
> use  
> > of imperatives in Russian? Thanks for any ideas--
> >
> > -- 
> > Jennifer J. Day
> > Assistant Professor of Russian
> > Bard College
> > Annandale-on-Hudson, NY  12504
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