<i>Muse</i> When at night I wait for her to come, Life, it seems, hangs by a single strand. What are glory, youth, freedom, in comparison with the d… - Anna Akhmatova
" "Muse
When at night I wait for her to come,
Life, it seems, hangs by a single strand.
What are glory, youth, freedom, in comparison
with the dear welcome guest, a flute in hand?
She enters now. Pushing her veil aside,
she stares through me with her attentiveness.
I question her: 'And were you Dante's guide,
dictating the Inferno?' She answers: 'Yes.
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About Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreevna Gorenko [А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко] (23 June {11 June O.S.} 1889 - 5 March 1966) was a Russian poet, known primarily by her pen name Anna Akhmatova [А́нна Ахма́това]. Her work was condemned and censored by Soviet authorities and she notably chose not to emigrate, but remained in Russia, acting as witness to the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism.
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Native Name:
Анна Андреевна Ахматова
Alternative Names:
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko
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Anna Achmatova
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Anna Ahmatova
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Anna Gorenko
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Anna Andreevna Gorenko
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Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
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Anna A. Ahmatova
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