Analysis of Entirely Too Tardy



Entirely too tardy I must say

To my own dismay every latent action I relay

Punishes no ones future but my own today

I would apologize to self, but know not how to convey

That my life exists to define the word disarray


Scheme A A A A A
Poetic Form
Metre 0100110111 11101100101011 100111011101 11010111111101 111011010101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 213
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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