This is an analysis of the poem Too Late To Replace The Craze that begins with:

If it was not for a love and preference,
To pride their ignorance to keep......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdedaceXXdXaebffe GECfDAE GECfDAEXGECfDAEAEAd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,7,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111011100 01110001 10111010110 00101110 101001101 1001110101 00100100 010101 110111011 100 01101 1111001 010010010 0101001001 111110001 0110001 010001011101 001001 110010111010 0101 1110101 01111 1 11101 11001 1111 0101 1110101 01111 1 11101 11001 1111 0101 1110101 01111 1 11101 11001 1111 11001 1111 11001 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word too is repeated.

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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