This is an analysis of the poem The Burden Bearer that begins with:

Oh, my shoulders grow aweary of the burdens I am bearin',
An' I grumble when I'm footsore at the rough road I am farin',...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabXb ccbXbb ddaaee bbXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110000101110 1110101010111110 1111111011101011 1010101010111011 0101111010101010 11111010111110 10 1110001111101010 1110100110101110 1111101011111110 11100110101010100 1111101011111010 1011111000111110 1110101011101010 11101010101100010 1010101011100011 1010111000111011 1110101010111011 1110111000110011 1110101010101010 1011101010101110 1111110000101110 11101010100111010 1111101011111010 1010101010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, an', your, of, my, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, him are repeated).

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  • summary of The Burden Bearer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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