Parting Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FBGB HIJI KLMN ONPN EQRI STET UVWV XYNN NNZN QBA2B

A man is standing in the hallA
His house not recognizingB
Her sudden leaving was a flightC
Herself maybe surprisingB
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The chaos reigning in the roomD
He does not try to masterE
His tears and headache hide in gloomD
The extent of his disasterE
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His ears are ringing all day longF
As though he has been drinkingB
And why is it that all the timeG
Of waves he keeps on thinkingB
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When frosty window panes blank outH
The world of light and motionI
Despair and grief are doubly likeJ
The desert of the oceanI
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She was as dear to him as closeK
In all her ways and featuresL
As is the seashore to the waveM
The ocean to the beachesN
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As over rushes after stormO
The swell of water surgesN
Into the deepness of his soulP
Her memory submergesN
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In years of strife in times which wereE
Unthinkable to live inQ
Upon a wave of destinyR
To him she had been drivenI
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Through countless obstacles and pastS
All dangers never endedT
The wave had carried carried herE
Till close to him she'd landedT
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And now so suddenly she'd leftU
What power overrode themV
The parting will destroy them bothW
The grief bone deep corrode themV
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He looks around him On the floorX
In frantic haste she'd scatteredY
The contents of the cupboard scrapsN
Of stuff her sewing patternsN
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He wanders through deserted roomsN
And tidies up for hoursN
Till darkness falls he folds awayZ
Her things into the drawersN
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And pricks his finger on a pinQ
In her unfinished sewingB
And sees the whole of her againA2
And silent tears come flowingB

Boris Pasternak



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