This is an analysis of Love's Infiniteness by John Donne.

If yet I have not all thy love,
Dear, I shall never have it all,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdbbb bebefcfcbbb dgdgddddbbb
  • Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,
  • Metre: 01111111 11110101 1101110101 1110110101 1111011101 1111110111 11110101 11010111 011101010 1101110101 11110111 10111011 11111111 1001111011 1101001101 11110101101 0101110111 01110111 10111111 11011110100 0111011101 11111101 1111111 11111111 11111100101 1111110101 11110011111 011101110100 1101111101 011111010100 1101011100 1101010111 01110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 33

Repeated words/phrases

i, and, all, have, thou

Epiphora

all

Anadiplosis

all