This is an analysis of Railway Station by Boris Pasternak.

My dear railway station, my treasure
Of meetings and partings, my friend…

Browse poems by Boris Pasternak

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd efef dXXd Xgcg hihi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111110110 01011011 010110110 11010011 111111110 01111011 010011010 11111011 111111010 01101111 111111101 01001001 110110110 01111011 011011011 01011001 010111010 01010101 011111110 01001011 11101001 11101101 01101111 11110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

my, would, and

Anaphora

the, a, and