WORKS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA

A LIST OF HER BOOKS, WITH RUSSIAN TITLES, DATES OF PUBLICATION, AND EPIGRAPHS.


Evening - ÷ÅÞÅÒ                                         
published in 1912
       La fleur des vignes pousse,
       Et j'ai vingt ans ce soir.
           -Andre Theuriet

       The vineyard is breaking into blossom,
       and I am twenty years old tonight.
    -ándre Theuriet

       òÁÓÐÕÓËÁÅÔÓÑ Ã×ÅÔÏË ×ÉÎÏÇÒÁÄÁ,
       á ÍÎÅ ÓÅÇÏÄÎÑ ×ÅÞÅÒÏÍ Ä×ÁÄÃÁÔØ ÌÅÔ.
           - áÎÄÒÅ ô£ÒØÅ

Rosary - þÅÔËÉ
published in 1914
      
       Goodbye then, forever! But know
       that the names of two guilty ones,
       not just one, will be found
       in my poems, in these legends
       of love.
            -Baratynsky
      
       ðÒÏÓÔÉ Ö ÎÁ×ÅË! èÏ ÚÎÁÊ,
       ÞÔÏ Ä×ÕÈ ×ÉÎÏ×ÎÙË,
       îÅ ÏÄÎÏÇÏÞ ÎÁÊÄÕÔÓÑ
       ÷ ÓÔÉÈÁÈ ÍÏÉÈ,
       × ÐÒÅÄÁÎÉÑÈ ÌÀÂÏ×ÎÙÈ.
             -âÁÒÁÔÙÎÓËÉÊ 


White Flock - âÅÌÁÑ óÔÁÑ
published in 1917
       
       To grief, even at night, the road is bright.
             -Annensky

       çÏÒÀ É ÎÏÞØÀ ÄÏÒÏÇÁ Ó×ÅÔÌÁ.
             -AÎÎÅÎÓËÉÊ


Plantain - ðÏÄÏÒÏÖÎÉË
published in 1921

       Know, at least, the sounds
       That once were dear to you.
             -Pushkin 

        õÚÎÁÊ, ÐÏ ËÒÁÊÎÅÊ ÍÅÒÅ, Ú×ÕËÉ,
        âÙ×ÁÌÏ, ÍÉÌÙÅ ÔÅÂÅ.
             -ðÕÛËÉÎ


Anno Domini MCMXXI
published in 1922

       In those fabulous years.
            -Tyutchev

        ÷ ÔÅ ÂÏÓÎÏÓÌÏ×ÎÙÅ ÇÏÄÁ...
             -ôÀÔÞÅ×

Reed - ôÒÏÓÔÎÉÈ
published in
        I play in all five of them.
             -B.P.

        ñ ÉÇÒÁÉÀ × ÎÉÈ ×Ï ×ÓÅÈ ÐÑÔÉ.
             -â.ð.


Seventh Book - óÅÄØÍÁÑ ËÎÉÇÁ
published in

         That seventh veil of mist fell--
         That which is followed by spring.
              -T.K.

         ðÁÌÁ ÓÅÄØÍÁÑ ÚÁ×ÅÓÁ ÔÕÍÁÎÁ,--
         ôÁ, ÚÁ ËÏÔÏÒÏÊ ÐÒÉÈÏÄÉÔ ×ÅÓÎÁ.
              -T.K.


other epic, dramatic, or simply long poems:  

Epic Motifs

Northern Elegies

Prologue

Poem Without a Hero

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