This is an analysis of the poem Without You that begins with:

Without you every morning would feel like going back to work after a holiday,
Without you I couldn't stand the smell of the East Lancs Road, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcXaabcdaebeaeXXaXcXdXeccdaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111001011110101100101 01111010100111 01111011010111001 011110011011110111100100 011110111110110101110110 0111010010111010 0111010011011010100110 0111111010100100010110 011111101101101111010001 01111010110 0111010111011101 01110001000110110101 0111010101001 0110111101001110111 0110100101111011010 01111100100101010 011111011001101 0111110110010100 0111001100101001 01110111000111010010110 0111001010101001001 011010110100010101011110100001001001010 0111001110010100 0111110110101 0111001101111110 011011001111110101 011100101010 011111101010 011110 1100010010 110010100011 110011110001010 100110110 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 389
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; without, you, and, in, would, be, to, of, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words without, no are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Without You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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