with which she [Anna Akhmatova] began her own affairs, she excelled in expressing the wounds of being wronged by a man, one reason almost every Russian woman can cite lines from her.
"Since I can't have love, and I have no peace," Akhmatova appeals in one famous poem about poetic achievement and failed romance, "Allow me a bitter glory."
from The Philadelphia Inquirer: A poet who gave voice to Russia's suffering
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