Analysis of Stars were racing
Boris Pasternak 1890 (Moscow) – 1960 (Peredelkino)
Stars were racing; waves were washing headlands.
Salt went blind, and tears were slowly drying.
Darkened were the bedrooms; thoughts were racing,
And the Sphinx was listening to the desert.
Candles swam. It seemed that the Colossus'
Blood grew cold; upon his lips was spreading
The blue shadow smile of the Sahara.
With the turning tide the night was waning.
Sea-breeze from Morocco touched the water.
Simooms blew. In snowdrifts snored Archangel.
Candles swam; the rough draft of 'The Prophet'
Slowly dried, and dawn broke on the Ganges.
Scheme | ABBX ABXB XXXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 101010101 1110101010 100011010 00111001010 1011110010 1110111110 011110010 1010101110 1110101010 1101110 1010111010 1010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 535 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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