This is an analysis of the poem The Weight It Takes that begins with:
The weight it takes,
For me to place my steps......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABCC XXd AABCC eXaacfeee AABCCcfXAABCCcecd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,9,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 110111 010101 111110 111110 011110101100 101001 1101011 0101 110111 010101 111110 111110 011101 01011 101010101 0101 101100100 1111 10100111010 1101 1101 0101 110111 010101 111110 111110 111111010 0010001001 0101 110111 010101 111110 111110 11011100 0101110 111111 10001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, when, where, i, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 it is repeated).
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- summary of The Weight It Takes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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