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