The Burden Bearer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDC AAC CC EEBBFF CCAACC| Oh my shoulders grow aweary of the burdens I am bearin' | A |
| An' I grumble when I'm footsore at the rough road I am farin' | A |
| But I strap my knapsack tighter till I feel the leather bind me | B |
| An' I'm glad to bear the burdens for the ones who come behind me | B |
| It's for them that I am ploddin' for the children comin' after | C |
| I would strew their path with roses and would fill their days with | D |
| laughter | C |
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| Oh there's selfishness within me there are times it gets to talkin' | A |
| Times I hear it whisper to me 'It's a dusty road you're walkin' | A |
| Why not rest your feet a little why not pause an' take your leisure | C |
| Don't you hunger in your strivin' for the merry whirl of pleasure ' | - |
| Then I turn an' see them smilin' an' I grip my burdens tighter | C |
| For the joy that I am seekin' is to see their eyes grow brighter | C |
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| Oh I've sipped the cup of sorrow an' I've felt the gad of trouble | E |
| An' I know the hurt of trudgin' through a field o'errun with stubble | E |
| But a rougher road to travel had my father good before me | B |
| An' I'm owin' all my gladness to the tasks he shouldered for me | B |
| Oh I didn't understand it when a lad I played about him | F |
| But he labored for my safety in the days I'd be without him | F |
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| Oh my kindly father never gave himself a year of leisure | C |
| Never lived one selfish moment never turned aside for pleasure | C |
| Though he must have grown aweary of the burdens he was bearin' | A |
| He was tryin' hard to better every road I'd soon be farin' | A |
| Now I turn an' see them smilin' an' I hear their merry laughter | C |
| An' I'm glad to bear the burdens for the ones that follow after | C |
Edgar Albert Guest
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