This is an analysis of First Snow by Boris Pasternak.

Outside the snowstorm spins, and hides
The world beneath a pall.…

Browse poems by Boris Pasternak

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bcbc XdXd deXe Xfff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011111 010101 11010101 010101 11010100 111001 11110100 010001 01010000 110101 11011111 000111 11111101 010111 010111001 110001 11110100 011111 11110100 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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