Analysis of Definition of Creative Art

Boris Pasternak 1890 (Moscow) – 1960 (Peredelkino)



With shirt wide open at the collar,
Maned as Beethoven's bust, it stands;
Our conscience, dreams, the night and love,
Are as chessmen covered by its hands.

And one black king upon the board:
In sadness and in rage, forthright
It brings the day of doom.-Against
The pawn it brings the mounted knight.

In gardens where from icy spheres
The stars lean tender, linger near,
Tristan still sings, like a nightingale
On Isolde's vine, with trembling fear.

The gardens, ponds, and fences, made pure
By burning tears, and the whole great span,
Creation-are only burst of passion
Hoarded in the hearts of men.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 111101010 11100111 101010101 11110111 01110101 01000111 11011101 01110101 01011101 01110101 11110100 11111001 010101011 110100111 0101101110 1000111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 607
Words 106
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 19, 2023

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Boris Pasternak

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

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