This is an analysis of the poem All That's Not Love . . . that begins with:

All that's not love is the dearth of my days,
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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX baba acac Xaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111001011 01001001010 01001011011 01001101010 1101101001 01001011101 01011001001 11111010101 01001001011 01111111011 01011101001 110011011001 11111011101 11111101101 11011001101 001001101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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