This is an analysis of Eve by Boris Pasternak.

By water's edge, quiet willows stand,
And from the steep bank, high noon flings…

Browse poems by Boris Pasternak

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cXad bddX aXab ecec XfXfXdcdc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 110110111 10011111 11010001 101001010 01001101 01010101 01000111 10010111 11000101 10010101 11010111 11001100 01010111 11011101 10010101 01010011 11010111 01011111 11011101 01010101 11101001 01111111 11110001 11011011 11001101 01011101 11010101 11010011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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