The Scale By Which You Measure Me: Poems 1913-1917

by Christopher Whyte and Marina Tsvetaeva

From 1912 to 1920 Marina Tsvetaeva wrote copiously but published no books. Later she would claim that at least three major collections had fallen by the wayside in those years. The poems translated here offer readers the flavour of those vanished books, covering the period roughly from her daughter Alya's first birthday to the Tsar's abdication in March 1917 and the summer which followed. They reflect involvements with the poet Sonya Parn k and with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848619332
• ISBN13: 9781848619333
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"