'The Dying Cowboy' is about a cowboy who as he is walking down the road meets another cowboy who is rapped in white linen

I spied a poor cowboy all wrapped in white linen

This line to me says the cowboy is already dead as he is 'wrapped in white linen' but the cowboy is not dead as we find out in the next few lines. I fell that the author did this to create shock as the audience would by surprised when the cowboy is still alive as they had thought he was dead. A few lines on in the poem the cowboy wrapped in the white linen says to the cowboy passing by:

''I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy'

These words he did say as I boldly walked by.

'Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story'

They way Passing cowboy says 'as I boldly walked by' to me suggests that he has something to prove to the cowboy wrapped in white linen Also the way he does not actually admit to the cowboy wrapped in white linen that he is a cowboy all this adds excitement to the poem as the cowboy rapped in white linen talking to th

This is the last Thing the cowboy wrapped in white linen say's in the balled it is very deep and regret full as he says he is young and he knows he's done wrong this is like a final statement saying he is sorry almost for all he has done wrong this would add a lot of feeling to the balled mainly sorrow and sympathy. The very last verse talks about the funeral of the cowboy and they fulfil he's wish and play the Drums slowly and played the fife lowly later on in the verse they say how they all loved there comrade

'Once In my saddle I used to look handsome,

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Approximate Word count = 1343
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)