Analysis of Rodeo Circuit



This rodeo circuit can be rough,
But a cowboy must be strong.
If he takes his eyes off the prize,
He won't stay on that long.

I drew one down in Texas,
That left me laid up for a while.
She was fast and she could buck,
But turned out not to be my style.

There was one out in Omaha,
That stomped and tore me apart.
I wanted so much to cover her,
But she was crafty and too smart.

A Spanish beauty in California,
Really took me on quite a ride.
After I managed to cover her,
I was left bleeding down inside.

Who can forget out in Tulsa;
Man that was quite a throw!
Her twist was wild and smooth,
But her buck was quite a blow.

Some I rode for pleasure,
But I never stayed on that long.
Even the ones I would cover,
Always proved to be too strong.


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCDC EFDF EGXG DADA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010111 101111 11111101 111111 1111010 11111101 1110111 11111111 1111010 1101101 110111100 11110011 010100010 10111101 101101100 11110101 11011010 111101 011101 1011101 111110 11101111 10011110 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 721
Words 154
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on October 10, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Gary Ferris

Please visit my page on facebook: Poetry by Gary R. Ferris Jr.I have published 9 books which are titled: "The Sabbath Day-The Forgotten Gift", "Beyond Grace", "Above All", "Dark Shadow", "Storms of the Heart", "The Eyes Journey", "From the Inside Out", "Hand In Hand". and "Crawling Toward Heaven". more…

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