Break, Break, Break

Break, Break, Break
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
c. 1901 illustration to the poem by W. E. F. Britten
Written	early 1835
First published in	1842
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Subject(s)	Death of Arthur Hallam
Genre(s)	elegy
Meter	irregular trimeter[1]
Rhyme scheme	abcb defe ...
Lines	16
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"Break, Break, Break" is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson written during early 1835 and published in 1842. The poem is an elegy that describes Tennyson's feelings of loss after Arthur Henry Hallam died and his feelings of isolation while at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.