Analysis of The Train
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge 1861 (London) – 1907
A green eye-and a red-in the dark.
Thunder-smoke-and a spark.
It is there-it is here-flashed by.
Whither will the wild thing fly?
It is rushing, tearing thro’ the night,
Rending her gloom in its flight/
It shatters her silence with shrieks,
Where is it the wild thing seeks?
Alas! For it hurries away
Them that are fain to stay.
Hurrah! For it carries home
Lovers and friends that roam.
Where are you, Time and Space?
The world is a little place.
Your reign is over and done,
You are one.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 011001001 101001 11111111 1010111 111010101 1001011 11001011 1110111 01111001 111111 0111101 100111 111101 0110101 1111001 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 483 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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