This is an analysis of Song Of A Train by John Davidson.
A monster taught
To come to hand…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBXabC dbdb dddaad adad eefccf dbXbbdgcgcbd hhaaiiaBXabC
- Stanza lengths: 6,4,6,4,6,12,12,
- Metre: 0101 0101 10 1111 0101 01 0101 11101 0101 1111 11010 11010 1101 0101 1111 1111 01001001 0111 101101 0101 11110 01010 01001 101 001 1111 10101 1111 1011 0101 01011 1010110 10001 1101 0111 1111 10111 001001110 111 011101 10001001 010101 110101 0101001 0101 0101 10 1111 1101 01
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
and, hark
Anaphora
the, and
