Analysis of Seabreeze Train Of Yore
James Anthony Kenny 1953 (Avoca)
The train whistle's blowing, steaming through Bray,
Heading down to Arklow town, some thirty miles away.
Engineer in his cab looking straight ahead,
Passengers in their seats viewing Bray Head.
Now through a dark tunnel the train is on-going,
Ever onwards towards Greystones it's chugging along.
The sea is close, as the train travels alongside the beach,
It journeys onwards to Wicklow town, just within reach,
Looking far out to the sea, depending on the day,
You could be treated to a yachting regatta, sailing under way.
Highballing now to Rathdrum the train does run,
Into another dark tunnel, a few minutes with no sun.
Rolling on to Avoca Vale the train does shuffle,
Over the trestle and into the valley it does hustle.
Traversing the green vale with its scenery so grand,
Into the village, and on to Woodenbridge, a beautiful land.
Cruising past Shelton, it's downhill to Arklow town,
Nearing the journey's end, the train does slow down,
Coasting into Arklow station and then to a halt.
People get off and flock to the streets with haste,
Spending time at the shops or beach with no time to waste.
City folk out in the country for them a brief retreat,
In a few hours it’s back home, broke, exhausted, and dead beat.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101011 101111110101 10101110101 1000111011 110110011110 101001111001 01111011001101 110101111011 1011101010101 11110101001010101 11110111 010101100110111 10111101110 100100010101110 0100111110011 01010011101001 10110111111 1001101111 100111001101 10110110111 1011011111111 10110010110101 001101111010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,229 |
Words | 236 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 969 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 214 |
About this poem
A nostalgic look back at the old Seabreeze train from Dublin to Arklow in the sixties and early seventies, this is for the Wicklow leg. And just like life, it’s about the journey and not the destination.
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Written on May 22, 2022
Submitted by PolarPaddy on May 22, 2022
Modified on April 24, 2023
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