This is an analysis of the poem Too Late To Replace With Outdated Excuses that begins with:

When someone chooses to prevent another...
From what is suspected of being done to do, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcbXcXbXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110001010 010010010101 100111001101 0010111001101 01111110 110110 101010100101000 010011001010001 0011010101111 11100101100101 010000101101 00100010001001010 100110101011000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 618
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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, what are repeated.

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  • summary of Too Late To Replace With Outdated Excuses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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