Analysis of Baggy Britches Cowboys
I went to an old country bar,
I hadn't been to in twenty years.
Just out hanging with friends,
And sucking down a few beers.
The country music I once enjoyed,
Had changed quite a bit.
But the place was crowded,
And we struggled for a place to sit.
There was baggy britches cowboys,
With water bottles in their hands.
Flooded with under aged females,
Which put a damper on my plans.
Hardly anyone danced together.
They just line danced alone.
They had ATM's and I-pods,
And everyone had a cell phone.
I had on the only set of real boots,
And I was feeling like I didn't belong.
Because all the guys had on girl socks,
And they never played one Haggard song.
But I managed to drag her out there,
And dance a few times around the floor.
Realizing how out of shape I was,
And knowing in the morning I'd be sore.
But as always, I cowboy'd up
And managed to close the place.
Leaving those baggy britches cowboys
With just a little of history's face.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CXXX XDXD XEXE XFXF XGCG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11111101 110110101 111011 0101011 010101101 11101 101110 011010111 1110101 11010011 1011011 11010111 10101010 111101 111011 0101011 1110101111 01110111001 011011111 011011101 111011011 010110101 100111111 0100010111 111111 0101101 10110101 1101011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 916 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on January 21, 2013
Modified on April 13, 2023
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