This is an analysis of the poem Since I Lost You that begins with:
You make me think about what's missing in my life,
Since I lost you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABB CBD CECFCEA CECFCEA ABD CGCGC CECFCEA CGCGCgg ABB CBD CHCi CHCiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,7,3,5,7,7,3,3,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101110011 1111 1111 111110010111 1111 111110 111101 111111 1111101 111111 111101 110111 11111111101 111101 111111 1111101 111111 111101 110111 11111111101 111101110011 1111 111110 111101 111111 1111101 110101 1111101 111101 111111 1111101 111111 111101 110111 11111111101 111101 111111 1111101 110101 1111101 1111 001 111101110011 1111 1111 111110010111 1111 111110 111101 11001110 111101 1101101110111 111101 11001110 111101 110110111 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 57
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, and, since, lost, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word since is repeated.
The author used the same word all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word enough at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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