With Oars At Rest by Boris Pasternak: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem With Oars At Rest that begins with:

A boat is beating in the breast of the lake.
Willows hang over, tickling and kissing ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX XaXc bdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010001001 1111010110 1011011011 01110010010 0101001001 0111010011 1001111100 10011011011 0001001001 10110010110 011111001 101100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word this is repeated.

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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