Analysis of Out of Superstition
Boris Pasternak 1890 (Moscow) – 1960 (Peredelkino)
A box of glazed sour fruit compact,
My narrow room.
And oh the grime of lodging rooms
This side the tomb!
This cubbyhole, out of superstition,
I chose once more.
The walls seem dappled oaks; the door,
A singing door.
You strove to leave; my hand was steady
Upon the latch.
My forelock touched a wondrous forehead;
My lips felt violets.
O Sweet! Your dress as on a day
Not long ago
To April, like a snowdrop, chirps
A gay 'Hello!'
No vestal-you, I know: You came
With a chair today,
Took down my life as from a shelf,
And blew the dust away.
Scheme | XAXA XBBB XXXX CDXD XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Tetractys (35%) Etheree (35%) |
Metre | 011110110 1101 01011101 1101 11011010 1111 0111101 0101 111111110 0101 11101010 111100 11111101 1101 1101011 0101 11011111 10101 11111101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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