Analysis of Late, Late, So Late
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 – 1892
Late, late, so late! and dark the night and chill!
Late, late, so late! but we can enter still.
Too late, too late! ye cannot enter now.
No light had we: for that we do repent;
And learning this, the bridegroom will relent.
Too late, too late! ye cannot enter now.
No light: so late! and dark and chill the night!
O, let us in, that we may find the light!
Too late, too late: ye cannot enter now.
Have we not heard the bridgegroom is so sweet?
O, let us in, tho' late, to kiss his feet!
No, no, too late! ye cannot enter now."
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010101 1111111101 1111110101 1111111101 010101101 1111110101 1111010101 1110111101 1111110101 111101111 1110111111 1111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 559 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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