This is an analysis of Swifts (2) by Boris Pasternak.

At twilight the swifts have no power,
to hold back that pale blue coolness.…

Browse poems by Boris Pasternak

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcXc XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111011110 01111110 0101010 1111111 011111 111010010 11001110 11101010 11001010 01001101 1111101 01001101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12