Analysis of I Love Thee Not



I love thee not but only when
in morning time when daisies sway,
and blackbirds trill and do convey
that dusk turns dawn to strive again;
like fragile boats that go astray
in wild and roaring boundless seas,
bit by bit all unknowingly
to sense thy touch my nerves decay.

I love thee not but all noontide
when hopelessly sunshine I chase,
and go all out yet can't erase
my timeless angst that burns inside;
from all the ends and every place
thy gentle odours slowly creep,
and seduce me to fall and sleep
remembering thy sweet embrace.

I love thee not but every night
when splintered hopes I blend anew,
and pleasant thoughts all raw and true
do strike my breast to paint and write;
through moon and stars with vivid hues
thy sweet face enhances the sky,
and bit by bit through lows and highs
I better in my dreams love you.


Scheme ABBABXXB CDDCDEED CFFCXXXF
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 01011101 01010101 11111101 11011101 01010101 11110100 11111101 1111111 1100111 01111101 11011101 110101001 1101101 00111101 01001101 111111001 11011101 01011101 11111101 11011101 11101001 01111101 11001111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 825
Words 167
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 219
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Submitted on August 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Shayan Das

Shayan Das is a young poet and writer based in Northeast India. He has been writing poems and stories since he was eleven years old and poetry indeed is his first love. He loves spending time in solitude and giving shapes to his daydreams. more…

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