This is an analysis of the poem Too Late To Contemplate The Meaning that begins with:

Losing sight of how precious,
The living of life is......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbdd eaaXefb cfeaXac eXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 010010 1101101010 101001 1010010111 1010011010 01101011001 110101 0010101010 0101000100101 0110001 111000101 110110 11101000010 10010101 10100010 1110011111 110010101110 0010001010101 0010010101001 0010010101 01011110101 010 0101011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; of, and, to are repeated.

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

  • summary of Too Late To Contemplate The Meaning;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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