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 |
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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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