Analysis of train station



It can’t wait for you,
It’s five til midnight
I'm here with a cup of morning coffee
at the oriental express station
a crowd of one.

I’m dreaming out of sync
Scattered like smoke in the wind
leaving me as you left me
just the shells of memories,
with a promise of coming back
in my luggage.

Slave to a rhyme
on a line in a book,
stones to throw away,
the beat of my voice
killing the call
to send you a smile,
before the train departs
in slow motion.

my next stop is that open field
by the geyser,
by the old faithful,
deserving my time,
something lonely like me.


Scheme XXABB XXAXXX CXXXXXXB XXXCA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1111 1110111010 100100110 0111 110111 1011001 1011111 1011100 10101101 0110 1101 101001 11101 01111 1001 11101 010101 0110 11111101 1010 10110 01011 101011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 578
Words 130
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 8, 5
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 28

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waiting for a promise to come true

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Written on October 17, 2022

Submitted by azdi404 on December 28, 2022

Modified by azdi404 on March 20, 2023

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