Analysis of Ask Me No More
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
Ask me no more: the moon may draw the sea;
The cloud may stoop from heaven and take the shape,
With fold to fold, of mountain or of cape;
But O too fond, when have I answer'd thee?
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: what answer should I give?
I love not hollow cheek or faded eye:
Yet, O my friend, I will not have thee die!
Ask me no more, lest I should bid thee live;
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: thy fate and mine are seal'd:
I strove against the stream and all in vain:
Let the great river take me to the main:
No more, dear love, for at a touch I yield;
Ask me no more.
| Scheme | abbaC xddxC effeC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011101 01111100101 1111110111 1111111101 1111 1111110111 1111011101 1111111111 1111111111 1111 1111110111 1101010101 1011011101 1111110111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 582 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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