Spring (fragment 3) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEEE FGEG HIJI KLME ENEN OPQP| Is it only dirt you notice | A |
| Does the thaw not catch your glance | B |
| As a dapple grey fine stallion | C |
| Does it not through ditches dance | B |
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| Is it only birds that chatter | D |
| In the blueness of the skies | E |
| Sipping through the straws of sunrays | E |
| Lemon liturgies on ice | E |
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| Only look and you will see it | F |
| From the rooftops to the ground | G |
| Moscow all day long like Kitezh | E |
| Lies in light blue water drowned | G |
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| Why are all the roofs transparent | H |
| And the colours crystal bright | I |
| Bricks like rushes gently swaying | J |
| Mornings rush into the night | I |
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| Like a bog the town is swampy | K |
| And the scabs of snow are rare | L |
| February like saturated | M |
| Cottonwool in spirits flares | E |
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| This white flame wears out the garrets | E |
| And the air in the oblique | N |
| Interplace of twigs and birds is | E |
| Naked weightless and unique | N |
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| In such days the crowds of people | O |
| Knock you down you are unknown | P |
| Nameless and your girl is with them | Q |
| But you too are not alone | P |
Boris Pasternak
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