Analysis of Why




Why he rides I just do not know.
Always chasing that dam ole rodeo.
Every time he falls I feel his pain.
Lord let him quit before I go insane.

Trying to always be his best.
But he will end up like the rest.
Bruised, hurt and broken.
I offer my heart to him as a token.

He says, “wait just one more time.”
This time victory will be mine.
But I know he really is just lying.
He will get up and keep on trying.
Deep inside I know he won't stop.
Until they lay a tombstone on  his plot.


Scheme AABB CCDD XXEEXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 11011110 1001111111 1111011101 1011111 11111101 11010 11011111010 1111111 11100111 1111101110 111101110 10111111 011101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 473
Words 102
Sentences 14
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on September 30, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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