Analysis of Too Little / Too Late
What did it cost but regret,
what did it take but denial
What did it bring but despair
—what in the end was worthwhile
(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)
| Scheme | XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 11111010 1111101 1001111 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 144 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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