This is an analysis of the poem Too Late that begins with:

Had you but shown me living what you show,
Now I am gone, to keep my grave-plot green,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdcdcee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111110111 1111011111 1111110111 10101110110 01011100111 1111110001 1101010111 1101010100 1001000111 0111001010 1100111101 11011111010 10110100111 0010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 600
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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