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."


Scheme aaBccBddB eeb
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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Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.  more…

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