I Do Not Love Thee by Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Do Not Love Thee that begins with:

I DO not love thee! - no! I do not love thee!
And yet when thou art absent I am sad; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaa cdcd efef ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111111111 1111110111 110100111011 1101111101 1111111111 10011111101 1100110111 1111111111 1111111111 1101111101 11010010001 1101010111 1111111101 0111110101 01110111001 10011011101 1111111101 1001011101 1111010111 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee, i, not are repeated.

    The author used the same word    i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of I Do Not Love Thee;
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  • history of its creation;
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