Analysis of Cheyenne Cowboy



He was born and raised in old Cheyenne
And he grew up to be one hell of a man
His dad was a rancher, his momma was Sioux
And he was the bravest that I ever knew

Now he was just another cowboy
And that was all he wanted to be
But he rode the wind and touched the sky
From Abilene to Calgary

Some say he was a legend
But he always wondered why
He showed no fear when death was near
And never blinked an eye
But then one day he fell and then
He knew that he would die
And caused another star to burn
In that Wyoming sky

Now he was just another cowboy
And that was all he wanted to be
But he rode the wind and touched the sky
From Abilene to Calgary


Scheme axbb CDED xexeaexe CDED
Poetic Form Song
Metre 111010101 01111111101 11101011011 01101011101 11110101 011111011 111010101 1101100 1111010 111101 11111111 010111 11111101 111111 01010111 01101 11110101 011111011 111010101 1101100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 626
Words 139
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 8, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 127
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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