Analysis of A tall, strapping shot, you, considerate hunter...

Boris Pasternak 1890 (Moscow) – 1960 (Peredelkino)



A tall, strapping shot, you, considerate hunter,
Phantom with gun at the flood of my soul,
Do not destroy me now as a traitor,
As fodder for feeling, crumbled up small!

Grant me destruction rising and soaring,
Dress me at night in the willow and ice.
Start me, I pray, from the reeds in the morning,
Finish me off with one shot in my flight,

And for this lofty and resonant parting
Thank you. Forgive me, I kiss you, oh hands
Of my neglected, my disregarded
Homeland, my diffidence, family, friends.


Scheme AXAX BXBX BXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 011011010010 1011101111 1101111010 1101101011 1101010010 111100101 11111010010 1011111011 01110010010 1101111111 110101010 1111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 496
Words 93
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Boris Pasternak

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

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