Too Late Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE DDGHHG| Delayed till she had ceased to know | A |
| Delayed till in its vest of snow | A |
| Her loving bosom lay | B |
| An hour behind the fleeting breath | C |
| Later by just an hour than death | C |
| Oh lagging yesterday | B |
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| Could she have guessed that it would be | D |
| Could but a crier of the glee | D |
| Have climbed the distant hill | E |
| Had not the bliss so slow a pace | F |
| Who knows but this surrendered face | F |
| Were undefeated still | E |
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| Oh if there may departing be | D |
| Any forgot by victory | D |
| In her imperial round | G |
| Show them this meek apparelled thing | H |
| That could not stop to be a king | H |
| Doubtful if it be crowned | G |
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
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