#there's a very beautiful word звукопись and your poets hate it for some reason
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You know it's probably a bad sign that I could never guess Valente's translations of Akhmatova because she'd take some of the most profound lines of Russian poetry and translate them without any rhythm, rhyme or care towards the author intended alliteration.
#look I know that you americans are rhymephobic and think making a brief note of an image is poetry but we Don't Do That#there's a very beautiful word звукопись and your poets hate it for some reason#deathless
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