This is an analysis of Fiat by Boris Pasternak.

Dawn will set candles guttering.
It will light up and loose the swifts.…

Browse poems by Boris Pasternak

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabA cacA dadA babA bXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10110100 00111101 00010110 11011110 11011001 01110101 01011111 11011110 010110001 11010101 01001101 11011110 01010011 10010101 010110001 11011110 11110101 010101 10010111 1101011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20