This is an analysis of the poem I'D Be Lost Without You that begins with:

From you I've only heard complaints.
With divisive comments made to vocalize....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbacacXda X dXcaa X dXed XX aaeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,5,1,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 00101010100 11101001101 01010101 111111100100 01 110101011010 0010111101101 11111100011 1101000101 111 11101 11101010100111 1 111101111 1111010 01 111010 111100110110 0101011 011010110 11 101011 1 101100011 11111 111 0101101 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; to, you, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines that is repeated).

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  • summary of I'D Be Lost Without You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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