This is an analysis of the poem The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iii: Gods And False Gods: Lviii that begins with:

TO ONE ON HER WASTE OF TIME
Why practise, love, this small economy... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabaXbabcdcdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0110101 1101010100 0111011101 0001011101 0101011100 1101011100 0101010101 01010111001 1001001101 1100011101 1111011101 1101010011 0101110111 0111011111 1011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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