Analysis of Wind
Boris Pasternak 1890 (Moscow) – 1960 (Peredelkino)
I am no more but you live on,
And the wind, whining and complaining,
Is shaking house and forest, straining
Not single fir trees one by one
But the whole wood, all trees together,
With all the distance far and wide,
Like sail-less yachts in stormy weather
When moored within a bay they lie.
And this not out of wanton pride
Or fury bent on aimless wronging,
But to provide a lullaby
For you with words of grief and longing,
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 001100010 110101010 11011111 101111010 11010101 111101010 11010111 01111101 11011101 1101010 111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 333 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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