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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  • summary of Too Late;
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