Dismal day, with the weather inclement.
Inconsolably rivulets run
Down the porch in front of the doorway;
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Almost perfect poem of great devotion, and sadness. There is wonderful trapped sense if not being able to say something until later.
A wonderful heart wrenching poem about the loss of someone Pasternak believed in and held dear. An almost perfect poem, I think. There is a sense of not being able to say something for years and then the need to put It down, that pervades the poem, and rushes forth, now too late.