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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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aaBccBddB eeb
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 559
Words 109
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 3

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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