Analysis of With Oars at Rest
Boris Pasternak 1890 (Moscow) – 1960 (Peredelkino)
A boat is beating in the breast of the lake.
Willows hang over, tickling and kissing
Neckline and knuckles and rowlocks-O wait,
This could have happened to anyone, listen!
This could be used in a song, to beguile.
This then would mean-the ashes of lilac,
Richness of dew-drenched and crushed camomile,
Bartering lips for a start after twilight.
This is-embracing the firmament; strong
Hercules holding it, clasping still fonder.
This then would mean-whole centuries long
Fortunes for nightingales' singing to squander.
| Scheme | XXXX AXAX BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 01110001101 11101010 10100111 1111011010 1111001101 111101011 10111011 1001101101 11010011 101011110 111111001 101110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 526 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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