Analysis of The Ride
He could smell that old familiar smell as soon as he stepped out of
his old truck. It was a smell like no other. It was the smell of the
rodeo.
The smell brought back memories of his first ride and then his last.
The sweet smell of victory and the sour stank of defeat.
People would often ask him why he continued to ride through all the
bumps and bruises and the pain. But he himself did not know the true
answer to that question. He only knew it was something he had to do.
Just as much if not more so than he wanted to do. For it not
only occupied his thoughts during the day but also his dreams during
the night.
He took one last deep breath of the cool November air and headed
for the shoot.
And he did not know if he would get the high score. Or if he would
be carried back through those old hospital doors. But he was drawn
back here again like the moon pulls the tide. And when that shoot
gate opened he would do what he had to do. He would sit up and ride.
Scheme | ABCDEBFFGHIJKLMKN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101011111111 11111011110110110 10 011110011110111 011110000101101 10110111101011110 1010001110111101 101110110111101111 1111111111011111 10101110011101110 01 1111111010101010 101 0111111110111111 11011111011111 11011011010111 11011111111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 949 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 752 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 198 |
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