Analysis of "I Should've Been A Cowboy"
Toby was special
beyond any words
His love monumental
for country and Lord
He fought to the end
accepting his fate
A legacy giant
— our hearts to embrace
(Tony Keith’s Death: February 5, 2024)
| Scheme | AXAX XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110 01101 11010 11001 11101 01011 010010 101101 1011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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