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,


Scheme ABBCDEDFEBFB
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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Boris Pasternak

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator. more…

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