This is the 5310th most frequent Russian word.
опять
"Again" or "once more."
Here, 'опять' is used to express the repetition of an action, implying it happened previously as well.
Она опять опоздала на работу.
She was late for work again.
In this case, 'опять' indicates the repetition of the action 'asked' to confirm or verify a point.
Я опять спросил это, чтобы убедиться.
I asked it again to make sure.
Here, 'опять' signifies that the melody was heard before and is repeating now.