The Railroad Station

Alice Duer Miller 1874 (New York) – 1942 (New York)



JUST a very common thing -
Shouts and whistles, bells that ring,
Just a platform in the rain
And a slowly moving train;
Just a woman dressed in black
Standing by a station-hack,
Gazing with her eyes profound
As the train goes outward bound;
And her bearing does not say
Who it is that goes away,
One who made her pulses stir,
Or a guest who wearied her.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme AABBCCDDEEFF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 353
Words 70
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

Alice Duer Miller

Alice Duer Miller was a writer from the U.S. whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses made an impact on the suffrage issue, and her verse novel The White Cliffs encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. more…

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