This is an analysis of Spring (Fragment 3) by Boris Pasternak.

Is it only dirt you notice?
Does the thaw not catch your glance?…

Browse poems by Boris Pasternak

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaba XcXa deXe ddXd XXec afcf XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 00101110 1011111 1011110 1011101 00101110 0010001 10101010 1010011 10111010 0011001 11111110 1011101 11101010 1010101 11101010 1010001 10101010 1010111 101011010 1000101 01111010 1010001 10001110 1010101 01101010 1111101 10111000 1111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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