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

My dear railway station, my treasure
Of meetings and partings, my friend ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd efef dXXd Xgcg hihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111110110 01011011 010110110 11010011 111111110 01111011 010011010 11111011 111111010 01101111 111111101 01001001 110110110 01111011 011011011 01011001 010111010 01010101 011111110 01001011 11101001 11101101 01101111 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, would, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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