This is an analysis of the poem I Can Not Imagine My Life Without You that begins with:
I can not imagine my life without you.
It's like hopping on one leg......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXabcXdedefaf AfXccgbggAeec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11101011011 0110111 1010101 110011 11110010 10111 11101 110001 011010 1101000101 01101 111011 111001 11101011011 010011111100 1111111101 101111001011 0111100 010011 00101001 111011010111 1110101 11101011011 111110101 1010011010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; i, you are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of I Can Not Imagine My Life Without You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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