The Train I Can't Get Off
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
I feel like I am on a train
Whose station can't be found.
The engineer tells me in vain
The tracks ahead abound
For those who do not know just how
To get him to slow down,
Since He will never stop it now
And never will in town.
The old conductor says that I
Will be a passenger
Forever though I try and try,
Since leaving I prefer.
About this poem
Allegory for pessimistic people
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Written on November 27, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on November 27, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on November 27, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 333 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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