This is an analysis of the poem My Love (Do Not Ask Me) that begins with:

Do not ask me, the name of my love
I fear for you, from the fragrance of perfume...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bc aa cccXcd aXXdbXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101011 11110010001 0100100110 101011 11011010010 11111101 111101011 1110010011 1110001001 00100101 0010001001 10010100100 0010101101 0010001001 111010101001011 101010100 10101001 1011101 10110100010 101010111 11101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, in, of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and are repeated.

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  • summary of My Love (Do Not Ask Me);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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