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1. How in one hundred fortie too-brief lettersIs one to explicate his very being?Such bounding in a nutshell surely fettersThe soul, the will, at least to others' seeing.
   Though life be long, the letter limit's short,So it’s important to condense a bit:One's forced to make a cannon-brief report And show with brevity both soul and wit.
   What classical examples might I findOf genius within strict limitation?Back to the 16th century rewind To compass succor and not degradation.
   A Shakespeare sonnet seems the very thing—It's like Elizabethan twittering.