This is an analysis of the poem Too Late To Amend An Ending that begins with:

There use to be folks who lived and believed,
They could create anything......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc dec dec aafg gbefgaa abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,7,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111101 1101101 01100110100 011111 11011 1110100 0110100 11011 11110100 1 01110010 101011 11101 1111 101 01011 101100101 10 010 010101 111101 1101110 10110 111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Too Late To Amend An Ending;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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