This is an analysis of the poem The Railroad Station that begins with:

JUST a very common thing -
Shouts and whistles, bells that ring, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1110111 1011001 1010101 1010101 1010101 1000101 1011101 1010111 1001101 1110101 1011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, her are repeated.

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  • summary of The Railroad Station;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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