This is an analysis of Poetry by Boris Pasternak.

Yes, I shall swear by you, my verse,
I shall wheeze out, before I swoon:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdcd aeae XeXe dfXf
  • Stanza lengths: 5,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11111111 11110111 11010111 11010011 11010101 1011111 1010111 11110001 11010101 11000111 11110111 11101101 01011011 010111010 11011101 110101100 11011101 110001110 11010111 01010101 010010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

i, and, rhyme

Anaphora

you're, and, the