They were all versions of Anna Akhmatova, young and beautiful, middle-aged and sensual, old and dignified.We have here in miniature the course of a life with the implication that it was a life well-lived. This in part is realized by avoiding a rising tricolon where the segments get progressively longer (aka tricolon crescens) and emphasizing the modulation evoked by equally balanced segments. Such a life like such an expression lingers with finesse, impresses with gentleness and speaks with smoothness.
And so for day 1744
22.09.2011