This is an analysis of The Swifts (1) by Boris Pasternak.
The swifts have no strength any more to retain,
To check the light-blue evening coolness.…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX edea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111101001 010111010 01011011101 111010010 10101111011 010100010 01001111011 110110110 11001011001 110010110 11011101001 0010011010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
