This is an analysis of the poem On The Train that begins with:

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THE lady in front of me in the car, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdXXcefcgd X ghecccfhibiad X bgXcXgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,13,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 0100101001 0101111001 010001 101001010101 1010101 100010101 11010110 1010110 101100111110010 10101010 110010 1 10111 1101010010011 111000010010010010 110101000100 110000100100010 1101 010101 01010001 000110 11111 1110101110 111 0010001 1 11100001 0100010010 1100111 1001000101 110010001 011101010 100101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

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  • summary of On The Train;
  • central theme;
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