Analysis of WITHOUT YOU



Being without you is like a sinking ship
It’s like a shepherd who’s lost his sheep
It’s like a being that’s lost its heartbeat

Being without you is like a door without a key
It’s like a bed without a pillow
It’s like a song without a voice

Like a bird without a feather, I’m restricted.
Can’t move on without you

Like a face without a name, I don’t belong.
I’m lost without you

Like the blind walking without a guide, I’m blind to happiness.
It’s invisible without you

Like a potter without clay
Your hands and mine are needed to create perfection

Like a multitude with several languages
My heart yearns for you in multiple beats

Like slavery in past centuries, I’m ensnared without you.

Like eyes that have lost its sight

Like love without two hearts beating as one

All that is left is sadness within my heart
Hope without companion, and emptiness in my world.

Now I drink pain in every delight and poison in every wine
Indeed, being without you is bitter.

Being without you is simply being without!!


Scheme XXX XXX XA XA XA XB XX A X B XX XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 10011110101 110101111 110101111 1001111010101 110101010 11010101 101010101010 111011 10101011101 11011 101100101111100 10100011 1010011 1101110101010 1010110100 1111101001 110001100101011 1111111 1101111011 11111100111 1010100100011 111101000101001001 0110011110 100111101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,043
Words 203
Sentences 7
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 61
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

It's about a Love lost.

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Submitted by sexychic3010 on November 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Leticia Alexander

I grew up in London, spend much of my time travelling. Today I live in Manchester, with two handsome children. I enjoy writing poetry, listening to music, watching movies, and reading most times. more…

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