This is an analysis of the poem The Love Sonnets Of Proteus. Part Iv: Vita Nova: C that begins with:

AGE
O Age, thou art the very thief of joy,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbaabbacdecde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 1111010101 1111010011 0101010101 0101001101 1101010101 0101011111 10110001001 1111111101 10110101010 1101111101 1110010101 11011101110 1101100101 1101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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