Anna Akhmatova: Early poetry

Many of my poems are of my lifes experiences and relationship with my husband at the time. 'Hands clasped under the dark veil' reflects the hardships I was going through with my husband '..I made him drink his fill of sorrows bitter tale.' This poem speaks clearly of how I, after Nikolay had almost left me, regretted speaking rashly toward him. The dark veil usually used for those in mourning, I used to represent my grief over our failing relationship. This experience was the inspiration of my poem 'Hands clasped under the dark veil'.