This is an analysis of the poem Too Late To Do that begins with:
Something known to have had but gone,
With it done to move on for good......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbcdee ddfaX cb fcccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101111 00101110 10110101 11010011 01001100010 11111 1101101 00101100 10010001 11 1110010001 1100101 111111 1001010111 1 01111 111 101001 11101010 1010100 0010001 110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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- summary of Too Late To Do;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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