This is an analysis of the poem Too Slow To Notice that begins with:
It has already been done 'your' way.
With you to choose to refuse my advice....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcacd XXbb eXcb CX efbffab dX gXccdbfecXg CedX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,2,7,2,11,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010100111 0101001101 1 0111 0001011001 101101001111 111100110101010 101101010010100 0101001010100 101101110001101 11000101 111001100010001 011111111010 1111100011011 1010110100101 11101010001001 11 111 1100101110 100101011011101 100 111 11111111010 11111 1110110 01001001111 111010010 010111000011110 110110 0101110 011101 111 0101000100011 1011110 110000101 1111101 1010110100101 11101010001001 11111 1110110 10101001110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, a are repeated.
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- summary of Too Slow To Notice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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