This is an analysis of Here A Riddle Has Drawn A Strange Nailmark by Boris Pasternak.

Here a riddle has drawn a strange nailmark. To sleep now!
I'll reread, understand with the light of the sun,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cXbX Xdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010110110011 111101001001 10111100010010 111101001 11111101101010 0111110001101 1011110010110 101001011 1110111011110 011010101001 10100011110010 001001001111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

to, touched