Education and Early life of Alfred Lord Tennyson–
Tennyson was the fourth of 12 children, born into an old
- King Lear
- Cymbeline
- Troilus and Caressed
In 1892 peacefully he died and Cymbeline was found in front of him.
Tennyson’s Literary Works –
Tennyson first published his solo collection of poems, “poems chiefly lyrical” in 1830. in 1833 Tennyson published his second book of poetry, which notably included the first version of “The Lady of Shallot”. Tennyson while living in London in 1842, published the two volumes ‘Poems’, of which the first included works already published and the second was made up almost entirely of new poems. They met with immediate success; poems from this collection, such as Locksley Hall, Break, Break, Break and Ulysses. Tennyson’s work has been re-read with interest for its strong acknowledgement and analysis of problematic areas of psychic and social existence. Some of his great poems, sonnets, drama, lyric etc. are as follows:
Dramas and Monologues
Maud: A Monodrama (1855)
It is a story of a lover who passes from morbidness to ecstasy, then to anger and murder, followed by insanity and recovery. This poem is Tennyson’s favourite.
Queen Mary (1875) –
Queen Mary is a drama written by Tennyson.
Harold (1876)
Becket (1884)
The Falcon
The promise of May
The Foresters: Robin Hood and Maid Marian
The Longer Poems
The Lady of Shallot
The lady of Shallot is Tennyson’s narrative poem in four parts. It is about the tragic love of Elaine. It concentrates on the relation of art with life and the problem related to the isolation of the artist. Shallot is an island. The poem is symbolic poem. The lady was imprisoned near Comelet river .She found a curse and she can not see the river. So she used mirror to see the river and the atmosphere of there.
Ulysses –
“Ulysses” is Tennyson’s dramatic monologue in blank verse. It is based on Dante’s Inferno. It is written in 1833 and published in 1842. it reflects a passion for knowledge and adventure. Ulysses does not like to waste time. He does not want to sit idly at home. Ulysses faces the old age problem. He declared that there is little pleasant staying at home with old wife, Penelope and his son, Telemachus. He earns to explore more- can not rest from travel. “To strive to seek, to find not to be yield”.
Morte d'Arthur,
The Lotus Eaters-
The Lotus Eaters is a poem by Tennyson. It was inspired by
his trip to
In Memoriam –
Tennyson’s poem ‘In Memoriam’ is not merely a pastoral elegy
but also a deeply philosophical reflection on religion science and immortality.
In Memoriam by Tennyson is a requiem for the poet’s beloved friend ‘Arthur
Hallam’, who died suddenly of a cerebral haemorrhage in
Idylls of the king
Coming of Arthur
The lover’s Tall
- A dream of a fair woman
- Sir Launcelat and Queen Guinevere
- Enoch Arden
- The Princess
- The Charge of the light Bridge
- Dora
Some important sonnets, lyrics and other shorter poems
New Year’s Eve
To Alfred Tennyson, my grandson
The revenge
The sleeping beauty
Break, Break, Break
Crossing the bar
The brook
Akbar’s tomb.
Conclusion –
Tennyson often regarded as the chief representative of Victorian age in poetry. He firmly believed in doctrine of evolution. He became the mouthpiece of his century’s doubts, difficulties, and craving for the certainties of religious faith. He advocated the growth of religion and science, knowledge and faith in perfect harmony. W. H. Hudson says – “The change which Tennyson’s thought underwent in regard to social and political questions itself reveals his curios sensitiveness to the tendencies of his time; for the sanguine temper of his early manhood, the doubts, misgivings, and reactionary utterances of his middle age, and the chastened hopefulness of his last years, are alike reflection of successive moods which were widely characteristic of his generation”.
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