This is an analysis of the poem I Am Part Of The Load that begins with:

I am part of the load
Not rightly balanced...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcX cXXXbbX XX ccXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 11010 111001 10111001 01011 1100100011011 10110000001 100101010 011101 11111011 00111111 0101 11000110 110100100 1011001001 10110010 1100100 11110101 1001010111 000101111001 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of I Am Part Of The Load;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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