Analysis of The Train of Tears
Around two million stood outside
The RFK death train
In 1968 beside
The tracks with hope in vain.
They stood on both sides of the track
Saluting, waving, tears,
Hands on their hearts; there was no lack
Of sadness and some fears.
Both young and old, the rich and poor
As well as black and white,
Were grieved he could do nothing more
To ease their daily plight!
The train of Robert Kennedy
Took him to Arlington,
Where he would spend eternity.
His work had just work begun.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX XDXD EFEF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 01110111 0111 001 011101 11111101 010101 11111111 110011 11010101 111101 01111101 111101 01110100 111100 11110100 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
The "Death Train" of Robert F. Kennedy
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Written on November 07, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on November 07, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on November 07, 2023
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