This is an analysis of the poem I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You that begins with:
I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX XaaX bXb aaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111110101111 1101001101 010011011 11101010 1111001010111 111101101 10110100110111 011111111110 1010101001 110010 11011011 001001011011 1010111010101111 01111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, from, not, to, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
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