Analysis of Railroad
RAILROAD
Steel rails shining in the sunlight
Lured me when I was a little boy
I thought my path in life would be bright,
Like shining rail tracks, and full of joy.
I could not imagine highs and lows
And thought my road was like rails, straight.
Didn’t know that fate would shower me with blows,
Turns and twists I would not await.
I always struggled not to miss my train
To reach the fairyland I saw in my dream.
Alas! My hopes were all in vain,
They were shattered by life’s wild stream.
I made wrongs that can’t be put right,
I drowned in sins and lost my track.
My dreamland drifted away, got out of sight
The childhood paradise will never come back.
I am doomed to live in eternal quest
Of a tiny nook free of hate and strife,
Where my tormented soul could find a rest
From ugly sinful earthly life.
Scheme | XABAB CDCD EFEF AGAG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 1110001 111110101 111101111 110110111 111010101 01111111 1111110111 10111101 111011111 1101011011 01110101 10101111 11111111 11010111 1110011111 011011011 1111100101 1010111101 111011101 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 792 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
This poem was not published anywhere before. It reflects author's view of the delusions of life and his longhing for his serene childhood days.
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Written on October 20, 2021
Submitted by mermukanov on October 19, 2021
Modified on March 28, 2023
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