'LYING IN ME'
by Anna Akhmatova
Lying in me, as though it were a
white
Stone in the depths of a well, is
one
Memory that I cannot, will not,
fight:
It is happiness, and it is pain.
Anyone looking straight into my
eyes
Could not help seeing it, and
could not fail
To become thoughtful, more sad
and quiet
Than if he were listening to some
tragic tale.
I know the gods changed people
into things,
Leaving their consciousness alive
and free.
To keep alive the wonder of
suffering,
You have been metamorphosed
into me.
ANNA AKHMATOVA.
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Anna Akhmatova Is A Poet Who Can't Be Typified Into Some Watertight Compartment For She Writes In Many Forms And On Several Topics Ranging From Extremely Personal To Purely Public And She Displays An Uncanny Genius In Being Original In Treatment of The Subjects.
'LYING IN ME' Is A Wonderful Poem Based Upon Her Private Life or What We Might Say Her Personal Memory Of Times That Were Once Very Happier In Her Life !
In This Poem She Recalls The Man She Has Loved And Lived And Who Is No Longer In Blood & Flesh. . . .But, In Spirit Only. . . .And His Essence Is Simply Overwhelming!
The Poet Decides To Unravel Some Clothes of Mystery And Attempts To Let People Feel Through Her His Connect With The Poet Long After He Is Gone !
The Poet Outlines Her Days Spent With Her Lover As A World Inhabited With Joy & Sorrow. . . .Kind of A Tragic Episode As Her Joys Proved Shortlived And That Man Even Shorter !
She Has Not Been Able To Cast Off The Memory of Her Lover And Truly Speaking She Doesn't Intend To Do So ! She Simply Allows Herself Carry That Memory And Feels Strongly That That Essence Enters Existence For Her As The Indication Suggested By The Last Lines !
The Impact of That Loss Is So Much Overpowering That Anyone Who Comes Into Her Contact Could Easily Discern That Just By Looking Unto Her Eyes And The Resultant Effect Seems Contagious As It Gives Rise To Sadness Plus Grave Thoughtfulness To The Onlooker !
The Memory Of Love Lasts Much More Than Love Itself . . . .And, What Could Be More Tragic Than This . . . !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
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SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
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