I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You
1 I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
5 I love you only because it's you the one I love;
I hate you deeply, and hating you
Bend to you, and the measure of my changing love for you
Is that I do not see you but love you blindly.
Maybe January light will consume
10 My heart with its cruel
10 My heart with its cruel
Ray, stealing my key to true calm.
In this part of the story I am the one who
Dies, the only one, and I will die of love because I love you,
14 Because I love you, Love, in fire and blood.
Pablo Neruda
(source: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-do-not-love-you-except-because-i-love-you/)
In this poem there is the repetition of the sound 'I' between stanzas 1 and 2; and the repetition of the sound 'M' in stanza 3 at the beginning of each verse. In verse 1 there is an assonance in the sounds of "do", "you" and "you" with an 'U' sound. In verse 2 there is another assonance now with the 'O' sound between "from", "loving", "not" and "loving". There is an another assonance with the 'O' sound in verse 3 between "from", "not" and "for". In verse 4 there is an alliteration with the repetition of the 'F' sound between "from" and "fire". In verse 5 there is an assonance of the 'O' sound between "love", "only", "one" and "love". In verse 6 there is an alliteration of the 'H' word between "hate" and "hating". In verse 7 there is another alliteration but from the 'M' sound between "measure" and "my". In verse 8 there is an alliteration of the 'B' sound between "but" and "blindly"and also and assonance of 'A' sound between "I" and "blindly". In verse 9 there is an assonance of the 'U' sound between "January" and "consume". In verse 11 there is an assonance of the 'I' sound between "stealing" and "key". In verse 12 there is an assonance of the 'A' sound between "part" and "am". In verse 13 there is an assonance of the 'A' sound between "dies", "I", "die" and "I. In verse 14 there is an assonance of the 'A' sound between "love" and "blood".
(source: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-do-not-love-you-except-because-i-love-you/)
In this poem there is the repetition of the sound 'I' between stanzas 1 and 2; and the repetition of the sound 'M' in stanza 3 at the beginning of each verse. In verse 1 there is an assonance in the sounds of "do", "you" and "you" with an 'U' sound. In verse 2 there is another assonance now with the 'O' sound between "from", "loving", "not" and "loving". There is an another assonance with the 'O' sound in verse 3 between "from", "not" and "for". In verse 4 there is an alliteration with the repetition of the 'F' sound between "from" and "fire". In verse 5 there is an assonance of the 'O' sound between "love", "only", "one" and "love". In verse 6 there is an alliteration of the 'H' word between "hate" and "hating". In verse 7 there is another alliteration but from the 'M' sound between "measure" and "my". In verse 8 there is an alliteration of the 'B' sound between "but" and "blindly"and also and assonance of 'A' sound between "I" and "blindly". In verse 9 there is an assonance of the 'U' sound between "January" and "consume". In verse 11 there is an assonance of the 'I' sound between "stealing" and "key". In verse 12 there is an assonance of the 'A' sound between "part" and "am". In verse 13 there is an assonance of the 'A' sound between "dies", "I", "die" and "I. In verse 14 there is an assonance of the 'A' sound between "love" and "blood".
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