Analysis of Wet Paint

Boris Pasternak 1890 (Moscow) – 1960 (Peredelkino)



'Look out! Wet paint.' My soul was blind,
I have to pay the price,
All marked with stains of calves and cheeks
And hands and lips and eyes.

I loved you more than luck or grief
Because with you in sight
The old and yellowed world became
As white as painters' white.

I swear my friend, my gloom-it will
One day still whiter gleam,
Than lampshades, than a bandaged brow,
Than a delirious dream.

Нk 7; трогать

'Не трогать, свежевы крашен', -
Душа не берегла сь,
И память - в пятнах икр и щек,
И рук, и губ, и глаз.

Я больше всех удач и бед
За то тебя любил,
Ч&# 1090;о пожелте лый белый свет
С тобой - белей белил.

h 8; мгла моя, мой друг, божусь,
&# 1054;н станет как-нибу ;дь
Беле&# 1081;, чем бред, чем абажур,
&# 1063;ем белый бинт на лбу!   


Scheme XXXX XAXA XBXB C C CCCC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (24%)
Metre 11111111 111101 11111101 010101 11111111 011101 0101101 111101 11111111 111101 1110101 1001001 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 2,075
Words 314
Sentences 9
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 48
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 172
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:33 min read
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Boris Pasternak

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

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