Analysis of Say Not He Loves Me
Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev 1803 ( Ovstug near Bryansk, Oryol Governorate) – 1873 (Saint Petersburg)
Say not he loves me as before, as truly, dearly
As once he did... Oh no! My life
He would destroy, he does destroy - though see I clearly
The trembling of the hand that holds the knife.
Resentment, anger, tears, a pain now fierce, now muffled -
I'm wounded, stung, and yet I love... He is
All of my life, but I... I do not live - I suffer...
How bitter is existence such as this!
As to a mortal foe, in dozes scant and meagre
The air I breathe he measures out.. Each breath
I take is painful, yet... I breathe, for fresh air eager...
But life ... life slowly ebbs... I cannot ward off death.
| Scheme | ABAB XXCX CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1111110111010 11111111 1101110111110 01001011101 0101010111110 1101011111 1111111111110 1101010111 110101010101 0111110111 1111011111110 111101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 589 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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