This is an analysis of In The Wood by Boris Pasternak.

Blurred by a lilac heat, the meadows:
in the wood, cathedral shadows swirled.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcac deXe abXX afdf cXca
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110111011 001010111 1111110011 1110010101 10011111110 1111110010 1111101011 1011011100 10110101011 101111001 01010000101 110100101 0111001010 101010101001 010010010110 101001011001 11011101 100110111 010010111 0010110111 01010100110 0101110111 101111110 1010101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 25

Repeated words/phrases

s, you

Anaphora

it