This is an analysis of the poem You Are My Need that begins with:

Right now,
The storm is passing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCADAE FGHFGa ABCADAE FGHFGa AAIIAAE AAIIAAEXAaE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,6,7,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 01010 101100101 111 0101 110111 111001 11 111 101110101 11 111 1 11 01010 101100101 111 0101 110111 111001 11 111 101110101 11 111 1 11 11 110101 00101 111 111 1111 11 111 110101 00101 111 111 1111 11 111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of You Are My Need;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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