Thursday, January 1, 2004
Sunbeam Comments
Rating: ★2.9
I pray to the sunbeam from the window -
It is pale, thin, straight.
Since morning I have been silent,
And my heart - is split.
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7/24/2025 2:05:02 AM # 1.0.0
A tender, delicate poem and a fit companion piece for Dickinson's 'There's a Certain Slant of Light'. Dickinson's light, however, was oppressive and disconsolate. Akhmatova's light is a consolation in a deserted place, and her heart 'is split' perhaps because of a failed love affair. Nice.