This is an analysis of Too Late by John Hay.
Had we but met in other days,
Had we but loved in other ways,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddaa bbbb eeff eebb gghh bbbb iiaaXiiaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 11110101 01011111 111111 01110100 11011101 111111110 010010010 110101001 110010111 11111111 011101 11110111 11110111 010111110 0101010 11101100 11011101 01100101 111111 11111111 01010111 11010111 110111 11011101 11111101 10010101 111101 01011111 10010101 11111101 010101 01010101 11010111 01111101 010101 11111111 111100101 10010101 0101001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
had, and
Anaphora
had
