Analysis of Dreaming Of Elko
Wishes for horses,
beggars to ride
Hope cinches tightly,
—dreams that won’t die
(Cowboy Poetry Festival-Elko Nevada: 1992)
Scheme | XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (20%) |
Metre | 10110 1011 1110 1111 110010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 124 |
Words | 18 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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