This is an analysis of the poem All But Death, Can Be Adjusted that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111101000 1001000 1000001100 10000000 1010000010 101010 10001000000 0010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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