Analysis of Travel
Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 (Rockland) – 1950 (Austerlitz)
The railroad track is miles away,
And the day is loud with voices speaking,
Yet there isn't a train goes by all day
But I hear its whistle shrieking.
All night there isn't a train goes by,
Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming,
But I see its cinders red on the sky,
And hear its engine steaming.
My heart is warm with friends I make,
And better friends I'll not be knowing;
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,
No matter where it's going.
Scheme | ABAB CBCB DBDB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0111101 0011111010 1110011111 11111010 111100111 1011111010 1111101101 0111010 11111111 010111110 1110011101 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 483 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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