This is an analysis of the poem Is It Too Late, Under-Rated Yet Magnified that begins with:

Is it too late, under-rated yet magnified,
To appreciate reality and rid alibis....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbacaXdX AbacbeBe EBaBEBEB dada DADA BDADAXaXBDA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001110101101 00101010011101 00110101010101 0111000100 01001 0 1110001 0100101001 001110101101 001010100101101 001101010101001 10100011101 001111011 01010 01010101 010110101 0011010110101 01010101 1011101001 10101000101011 0011010110101 10101000101011 0011010110101 10101000101011 10100010 001101 110101010 11101 010100010 01101 00101010 01101 111101010101 010100010 01101 00101010 01101 1111001010 01101 111101010101 010100010 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

    The author used the same words is, upscale at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines done is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word magnified at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Is It Too Late, Under-Rated Yet Magnified;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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