Analysis of A long departure.



The long departure.

The train is waiting to depart.
He is standing on the door
and his better half on the station floor.

The Soldier with his uniform
and a rucksack on his shoulder.
His darling is standing near.

His stern face is wan.
Lips are parted with pale smiles.
Leaving his wife he is going many miles .

He is talking with low voice.
Sometimes he is  whispering
but she is whimpering and crying.

His eyes are soft.
Her eyes are brimmed with tears.
One is clapsing other hand with fingers.

Every minute is precious for them.
Suddenly there is a whistle of train.
The face of her is convulsed with pain.

At first she is pacing slowly with train,
only to keep hold his hand,
as he is going a distant land.

Then the train is taking its speed.
The hands are seperating,
and the train is departing.


Scheme A XBB XAX XCC XDD XXX XEE EFF XDD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 01010 01110101 1110101 0110110101 0101110 0011110 1101101 11111 1110111 10111110101 1110111 0111100 111100010 1111 011111 111101110 1001011011 1001101011 01101111 1111101011 1011111 111100101 10111011 0111 0011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 807
Words 178
Sentences 19
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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