Change Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKKL MNKO KNKP| I used to glorify the poor | A |
| Not simply lofty views expressing | B |
| Their lives alone I felt were true | C |
| Devoid of pomp and window dressing | B |
| - | |
| No stranger to the manor house | D |
| Its finery and lordly tenor | E |
| I was a friend of down and outs | F |
| And shunned the idly sponging manner | E |
| - | |
| For choosing friendship in the ranks | G |
| Of working people though no rebel | H |
| I had the honour to be stamped | I |
| As also one among the rabble | H |
| - | |
| The state of basements unadorned | J |
| Of attics with no frills or curtains | K |
| Was tangible without pretence | K |
| And full of substance weighty certain | L |
| - | |
| And I went bad when rot defaced | M |
| Our time and life became infested | N |
| When grief was censured as disgrace | K |
| And all played optimists and yes men | O |
| - | |
| My faith in those who seemed my friends | K |
| Was broken and our ties were sundered | N |
| I too lost Man the Human since | K |
| He had been lost by all and sundry | P |
Boris Pasternak
(2)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Change
Change is a poem by Boris Pasternak. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Change poem by Boris Pasternak
Best Poems of Boris Pasternak