This is an analysis of the poem Too Late that begins with:
HOPE? What! hope !—you say there is hope for the long-lost one!
Hope! when the light is out; hope! when the oil is done;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaXaaaccXdd aae XeccffX ffaadXdggeeXhhcciXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,3,7,19,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110110111 110101110101 111010111111 1111101011111 11111011110111 1 1101111101011 111110111101001 01110101111101 1101111111011111 11010111100100111 1 011111010111 01101011010101111 1111110101100111 10101101011100 111111111110100 1 1110010111110101 11100111100101011 11111011110101 111110101101110 1100110110011010 1 110111100101011 11110111111100101 1111100001111001 1010111011111001 110011110011111 1 100100111011101 1110100101110111 111100111110111 101011111111101 0110110100101101 1 110110100100111 1111101100110101 111111001001101011 1111011001101011111 11001011011001011 1 1011101110101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 571
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hope, no, for, when, her, i, she, that, and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hope, god, and are repeated.
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