Anna Akhmatova & Wislawa Szymborska on “Lot’s Wife”

1. It is a mingle of sudden flight and fear

2. She has a positive memories of Sodom. The second stanzas of poem explains that her experiences in Sodom were good ones

3. The persistence of war and violence, famine and poverty in a region can result to migration from one’s homeland .

4. She feels love and sympathy for him.

5. No, she never understood! For she acted based on uncontrolled pure emotions.

6. No, I don’t. For Szymborska’s poem justifies the reason for her disobedience which is contrary to any religious doctrines.

7. I find Szymborska’s poem more interesting because it exposes more of the inner intents of Lot’s wife than the Biblical account.

8. Szymborska’s poem offers a more doleful view of Lot’s wife.

9. Szymborska’s poem relates more to my experiences in life.

10. One cannot fail to easily point out that Akhmatova’s and Szymborska’s poems focus on a particular subject matter which is based on one of the most known biblical stories. Both poems feature the use of imagery. Their choice of diction are simple and the mood of both poems are sorrowful.
In contrast, Akhmatova’s is a short poem which adopts a Rhyme pattern and a slow rhythm.
While Szymborska’s is poem that’s characterized by a pure free verse model with no rhyme scheme and an irregular rhythm.

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