Analysis of Bringing Up The Caboose



Build the engine on the track
hooking cars up without any slack
moving forward sometimes back
clickity-clickity-clack
horns that whistle
engine force like a missile
tide to a coupling connector
full power tonnage respect her
gradual motion momentum
hooking up cars they rent them
brushes wiping off pennies
kids put on in the plenty's
stay away from the dangerous track
you almost gave the driver a heart attack
migrating job of solitude
meandering positive attitude
E ticket ride of force
rails laid down set the course
an occasional moose on the loose
as I'm bringing up the caboose


Scheme AAAABBCCDEFFAAGGHHII
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1010101 101101101 1010011 111 1110 1011010 11010010 11010010 10010010 1011111 1010110 111001 101101001 1110100101 101110 010010010 110111 111101 101001101 11101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 584
Words 98
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 483
Words per stanza (avg) 98

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Submitted by Soul-to-song on June 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Brian Oliveri

I had written a large book of poetry that of which I have narrowed down to 175 poems. more…

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