Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0009610, Fri, 16 Apr 2004 15:34:31 -0700

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Fw: Nekrasov in presentation verse to Vera
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From: nabokov
To: 'D. Barton Johnson'
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 12:45 PM
Subject: Nekrasov


Dear Don,

Please post:

With regard to the Russian locution about Nekrasov cited by Alexander Dolinin, one might also note its echo in "An Evening of Russian Poetry":

And then the sob, the syncope (Nekrasov!),
the panting syllables that climb and climb,
obsessively repetitive and rasping,
dearer to some than any other rhyme.

DN
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EDNOTE. "NeKRASov" / "and RASPing" must be a unique rhyme in English.
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