This is an analysis of Confession by Boris Pasternak.

Life returned with a cause-the way
Some strange chance once interrupted it.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cded fbgf efeb caca hXXi Xcgc bibX dcdcXahah
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10100101 111110100 111110101 111000111 1010111010 101010101 1011110010 100010101 100011101 111011111 1000101010 111010101 1010011110 111010111 1000101110 101011101 1010100010 101010101 1010001110 111011110 11111111 1101001 11110101 01000110 11011111 1111110 011010101 010101 00011101 1101010 00010001 0111110 11111001 110111 11001100 010111 11110101 1010101 01010101 110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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Epiphora

Anadiplosis