This is an analysis of July by Boris Pasternak.

A ghost is roaming through the building,
And shadows in the attic browse;…

Browse poems by Boris Pasternak

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXc bded aefe fcXb Xgfg cdXd dhbh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010101010 11100101 010001110 01010101 110011110 11011101 110101010 11010001 0110011011 11010001 110101010 01010101 100101010 01010101 101111010 11010101 110100010 11110101 010101110 10110101 011100010 01011001 110101010 11000101 010101010 11010111 010101111 01110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

he, this, who

Anaphora

who