My Love (do Not Ask Me) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EF GH IJKLJM HNOPEQ E| Do not ask me the name of my love | A |
| I fear for you from the fragrance of perfume | B |
| contained in a bottle if you smashed it | C |
| drowning you in spilled scent | D |
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| By God if you even croaked a letter | E |
| Lilacs would pile up on the paths | F |
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| Do not look for it here in my chest | G |
| I have left it to run with the sunset | H |
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| You can see it in the laughter of doves | I |
| In the flutter of butterflies | J |
| In the ocean in the breathing of dales | K |
| and in the song of every nightingale | L |
| in the tears of winter when winter cries | J |
| in the giving of a generous cloud | M |
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| Do not ask about his lips as elegant as the sunset | H |
| And his eyes a shore of purity | N |
| And his waist the sway of a branch | O |
| Charms which no book has contained | P |
| Nor described by a literate's feather | E |
| And his chest his throat enough for you | Q |
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| I won't breath his name my lover | E |
Nizar Qabbani
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