This is an analysis of Too Late. by Ada Cambridge.
Too late the prize is drawn, the goal attained.
Too late, too late, our heart's desire is gained.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddddee ffdddd ddffXX gghhdd eeaaee eXaa dd iijjee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,4,2,6,
- Metre: 1101010101 11111101001 11011010101 0101011101 0101010111 0101 110111111001 1111111101 01001011111 1111111111 1011011011 1111 1111010100 1111011101 1111010001 1111110111 11111100101 1110 1111110101 1111011111 1101110101 1111110111 11010111010 1101 11001110101 00110010101 0011110011 1101011101 010010000101 1101 0101010101 01010001111 1101010111 1001010101 1101111101 1101 1101010111 1111111100 0111011101 1101110111 0111110111 1101 1111011101 0111010101 01010101110 11110111110 0111111101 1111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
too, late, and, end, of, this, we
Anaphora
too, the, for, this, if