Analysis of Feb. 8, 1998
The power lines run alongside our train,
Swiftly rising, swiftly falling,
Like cresting sparrows
Or dolphins dancing before the bow.
And the rest of the world passes by
As our windows move through all the cities,
All the towns and all the golden-brown
Countryside. Past all the men, women,
All the lives that no one could imagine.
And it all passes by
As the lines run skipping alongside
All the way to the station.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHHEIH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011011101 10101010 11010 110100101 001101101 11010111010 101010101 10110110 1011111010 011101 101110011 1011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 404 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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