The Steppe Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFBG HGIG JKLK MNOP GKQR LSLK KTKU KVKV| How lovely those journeys into quiet | A |
| Boundless the steppe like a seascape | B |
| ants rustle and the feather grass sighs | C |
| mosquitoes go whining through space | D |
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| The hayricks line up with the clouds | E |
| volcano after volcano they fade | F |
| Grown silent damp the boundless steppe | B |
| you drift you re buffeted you sway | G |
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| The mist overtakes us washes a sea | H |
| and burrs are clinging to stockings today | G |
| it s lovely to tramp the steppe s shore | I |
| you drift you re buffeted you sway | G |
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| Is that a rick in the mist Who knows | J |
| Is that one ours Yes it s found | K |
| There Yes that s it all right though | L |
| The rick and the mist and the steppe all round | K |
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| And the Milky Way slants towards Kerch | M |
| like a path that cattle have stamped on | N |
| Go past the houses you ll lose your breath | O |
| on every side broad broad horizons | P |
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| Shadowy midnight stands by the way | G |
| strewn with stars that touch every verst | K |
| and you can t cross it beyond the fence | Q |
| without trampling the universe | R |
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| When did the stars sweep down so low | L |
| midnight sink so deep in tall grass | S |
| and drenched muslin afraid aglow | L |
| long for a d nouement at last | K |
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| Let the steppe judge and night decide | K |
| When if not in the Beginning | T |
| did Mosquitoes whine Ants ride | K |
| and Burrs go clinging to stockings | U |
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| Close them my darling Or go blind | K |
| The whole steppe s as before the Fall | V |
| All drowned in peace like a parachute | K |
| like a heaving vision All | V |
Boris Pasternak
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