Analysis of Last Train



Autumn rain at the midnight hour,

I wait for you,

Ghosts of the past pleading for me to leave,

But I am shackled by the thought of you,

The world begrudges,

The last train awaits,

But the chains of the people have become too heavy for you,

So a visit from sacrifice,

That gifted you fear,

Has caused you to forget my name,

I journey towards my fate,

Alone and nameless,

My heart betrayed.


Scheme X A X A B B A B X X X B X
Poetic Form
Metre 10110110 1111 1101101111 1111010111 011 01101 101101010111011 1010110 11011 11110111 1100111 01010 1101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 422
Words 102
Sentences 1
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 23
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by cwolff on December 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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