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Akhmatova

8/27/2014

 
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Great poet!
Translations fail to convey the essence upon first reading. A couple of reads and active thinking seem to do the trick.
Funny how that is - poetry that creates twists of meaning off-hahdedly and strikes a passive mind in the original language becomes a very different type of poetry when translated - much less accessible and much more demanding of the audience.

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