Analysis of Horse Hand
They kept him around
The stables, corral
And Range leading
To the hills of history.
He grew up here
New Mexico days.
Boy no longer.
His 74th year.
There had been round-ups
From the wild places.
Herds free to run
Until the chase and
The rope and bridle
And saddle eventually.
All but that pinto
Griff had taken as
Took nine attempts
To mount him.
Stable hands laughed
At the rough
Their yells and whoops
Only maddened the Beast.
But they had left him
To Griff, rodeo hero stuff
A long time ago.
Now he felt out of place.
Aches and pains
And slow gait.
He would oversee
The breaking to saddle
And common commands
And rein work.
The men all knew
His voice, manner and tone
Would gentle most equines.
The Owner Ramon knew this as well.
Injuries avoided to
Horse or Rider.
He kept Griff on.
But insisted on the
Right food, lots
Of porch time.
At the den radio.
And little or no whiskey.
Griff had once had
That big problem.
In the hectic loose, bucking years.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 01001 0110 1011100 1111 1101 1110 1111 11111 10110 1111 01010 01010 01001000 1111 11101 1101 111 1011 101 1101 10101 11111 1110101 01101 111111 101 011 1110 010110 01001 011 0111 111001 11011 010011111 1000101 1110 1111 101010 111 111 10110 0101110 1111 1110 00101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,084 |
Words | 282 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 47 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 47 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 16 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
About this poem
A debt owed to Robert Frost for the spirit of this poem. Read the piece Death of the Hired Man. Here is the link https://www.poetry.com/poem/30912/the-death-of-the-hired-man
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Written on May 25, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 25, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on May 25, 2023
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