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Derzhavin's last words
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"On July 6, 1816, two days before his death, Derzhavin began to write,
with chalk on a slate, the poem that would have become his best ode,
if he had had the chance to finish it:"
Dear Alexey,
My beloved professor Vladimir Markov proved that the stanza you quote
was not the beginning of a longer ode, but quite literally the end
(konets). The proof is an acrostic. Half in jest he liked to say that
he should have been awarded a Nobel prize for this discovery.
Carolyn Kunin
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with chalk on a slate, the poem that would have become his best ode,
if he had had the chance to finish it:"
Dear Alexey,
My beloved professor Vladimir Markov proved that the stanza you quote
was not the beginning of a longer ode, but quite literally the end
(konets). The proof is an acrostic. Half in jest he liked to say that
he should have been awarded a Nobel prize for this discovery.
Carolyn Kunin
Search archive with Google:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
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