This is an analysis of In The Train by James Thomson.

AS we rush, as we rush in the Train,
   The trees and the houses go wheeling back,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111111001 1110101101 1010100101 110111 101001001 1101001001 10011111 100011 101101011 101010101 1110010011 1011011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

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