This is an analysis of the poem Too Late To Compensate For It that begins with:

Vanity suffers missed opportunities.
It can be compared to one's preference to plastic....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcc defe XeXXdafe df cdgceaf hbfddfff ddaagXhefaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,8,2,7,8,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110100 0100101100010 11000100 11001001101 0010001 10101010100101 1110001000 101010 101 00110101 101000 10001000100 1100110010 111 01101 0100001000010 100101 100011 110111000101 100101000110010 0110 01010010001 110001011001010 01000100101000011 0101 1010110 0011010100010 01010010100110100 1011111101 010101101 1010011011 110011001001 001101101010 10011101 011100101011001 0101010 0100101 00110010 110101001010 100100010 110010000 1011001 110100 111010110 1010010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Too Late To Compensate For It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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