Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Everything Comments

Rating: 3.6

Everything’s looted, betrayed and traded,
black death’s wing’s overhead.
Everything’s eaten by hunger, unsated,
so why does a light shine ahead?
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Anna Akhmatova
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Rose Marie Juan-austin 12 July 2025

A powerful, engaging and meaningful poem with compelling images. So brilliantly crafted and executed. Very inspiring.

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Savita Tyagi 03 December 2024

Lovely poem. Miracles of life never cease to amaze one. Poet and readers equally get immersed in it reading a beautiful poem.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 July 2024

I repeat what I have given here as comment: Anna Akhmatova was a brilliant poetess. What makes her so great is her courage to write under the russian regime, many of her poet friends fled to France, but she stayed

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Sylvia Frances Chan 12 July 2024

Iam very happy that today this most important and precious poem is chosen again by Poem Hunter and Team as The Modern Poem Of The Day!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 May 2024

Most deserving poem as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Brilliant choice of Poem Hunter and Editors.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 May 2024

Anna Akhmatova was a brilliant poetess. What makes her so great is her courage to write under the russian regime, many of her poet friends fled to France, but she stayed

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 May 2024

FINAL: Akhmatova's choice of words and imagery creates a powerful emotional impact, capturing the essence of human struggle and resilience. She was a remarkable poet who grappled with the complexities of life, love, and loss throughout her career.TOP Marks!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 May 2024

THREE: Despite this darkness, there's a glimmer of hope—a mysterious light shining ahead, something miraculous yet unknown that people have longed for since childhood.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 May 2024

TWO: Akhmatova paints a bleak picture of a world where everything is plundered, betrayed, and sold. Death's shadow looms overhead, and misery gnaws at the very core of existence.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 25 May 2024

ONE: It is a poignant poem that reflects on the human condition. The poem grapples with the harsh realities of life, emphasizing loss, betrayal, and suffering.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 26 January 2024

To the family of the late famous poetess CONGRATULATIONS on being chosen by Poem Hunter and Team as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Truly an excellent poem

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Sylvia Frances Chan 26 January 2024

THREE: the struggle to find hope and meaning in a world that can be cruel and unforgiving

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Sylvia Frances Chan 26 January 2024

TWO: Despite this, the poem ends on a hopeful note, with the poet describing a light shining ahead and something miraculous coming close to the darkness and ruin.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 26 January 2024

ONE: a commentary on the bleakness of life, with the poet describing everything as being "looted, betrayed and traded" and "eaten by hunger, unsated"..

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Kumarmani Mahakul 26 January 2024

By day, a mysterious wood, near the town, breathes out cherry, a cherry perfume. By night, on July's sky, deep, and transparent, new constellations are thrown....... nicely expressed. Beautiful poem. Thanks.

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Kesav Venkat Easwaran 25 December 2022

Expectations never die out. Half veiled yet strong imagery this poem holds. Liked

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Sylvia Frances Chan 23 December 2022

Greatest Poetess she IS, all her poems are true honest and I read them with greatest pleasure

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Sylvia Frances Chan 23 December 2022

I love to read all the poems of AA, the greatest Russian Poetess. She is through and through honest, and she is the greatest Classic Russian Poetess. All inhabitants had left Russia, fleeing to France, but she remain in Russia.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 23 December 2022

The most honest true Classic Poete is AA, she put all things in poetry, even when her friends, the composer was too humble to meet her

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Samuel Jolaosho 23 December 2022

Great work! Your ink won't dry up.

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