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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