This is an analysis of Change by Boris Pasternak.

I used to glorify the poor,
Not simply lofty views expressing:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc bded fgXh efbh gXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 110101010 11011101 010111010 11000101 010011010 11010111 110101010 11010001 010101110 11010001 110101010 01010101 010011110 11000110 110101010 11111101 111101010 11110101 111100111 11011111 1101110100 11110101 110111110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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