Analysis of Train to Glory
There is a place
Panic pushed aside.
Transporting smoothly
As if a train ride.
Closed in, but still spacious
Covering distances forgot.
Food, warmth, resting.
Hostilities NOT.
And where is one headed?
Could only be good.
How came all this confidence?
Grace understood.
God’s Hand still a-keeping.
God’s smile has arrived.
Panic, shamefulness..
Both seem short-lived.
Child please just remember
This Train to great good.
Helping and Heaven
Understood. May 13, 2023
| Scheme | ABXBXCDC XEXEDFAFXE XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 1101 10101 01010 11011 101110 10010001 1110 01001 011110 11011 1111100 101 111010 11101 101 1111 111010 11111 10010 011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 478 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 10, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
Sitting in a coffee shop. Early morning. I am half-way through reading a suspense novel entitled MALORIE. It is a sequel to the bestseller BIRD BOX by Josh Malerman. It describes a mutated world inhabited by strange creatures better not to be seen. Just one look brings to the viewer a horrific madness. The main character and her two teenage children have survived 16 years with a few basic rules of restraint and blindfolding. They hear of a mysterious BLIND TRAIN, perhaps bringing hope and change…They run to catch up and jump on…
Written on May 13, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 13, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on May 13, 2023
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