This is an analysis of When It Clears Up by Boris Pasternak.

The lake is like a giant saucer;
Beyond-a gathering of clouds;…

Browse poems by Boris Pasternak

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbb bcbc addd beXe bbfb fcbc egeg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010101010 01010001 1111001010 10100101 100111010 01110101 110101011 01011101 110101010 01010001 110001110 11010001 011101010 11110101 010100010 11001101 100101010 010011101 100101010 11010101 011100010 11010101 100111110 11010001 110100010 010100001 101111010 01010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Anaphora

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