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

THE LIMIT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
There is a vice in the world's reasoning. Man... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababccdXdcececec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001010 10010011001 11010111010 1111010101 00110100110 1101011111 1101111111 0100011101 110101010 1001010101 1111011101 10111100101 1101110101 1101010001 1111000111 11010010001 011100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 707
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; has, he, and are repeated.

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