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Born on August 6, 1809– Died on
October 6,
1892
Alfred Lord Tennyson is one of the most famous Victorian poets. At the age of 41, Tennyson had established himself as the most popular poet of the Victorian era and is equally effective in modern times.
Tennyson influenced not the Victorian age but also the modern age. His poetry
represents the real picture of that time. Religious doubts and disbelief,
social sin & vice, political problem, industrial revolution and impact of
capitalism, the revolt of the cultured against the corrupt society, adventurous
minds, and heroic spirits were the main characteristics of the Victorian age,
which are masterly portrayed in his poetry.
John Keats a poet of beauty
Tennyson's poems exhibit an understanding of the crises of his day, as well as an understanding of challenges that have confronted all people, including death, loss, religious doubts and disbelief, societal sin and vice, political problems, and a desire for a more stable world. He was also a thinker who brooded deeply over the problems of his age and deal with them in his poetry very minutely.
Through Tennyson's works, he has become a complete inhabitant of the human mind universe. Although some of his subjects (Homer, Camelot, Milton, Demeter) are difficult to relate with, his skill and effort in crafting each poem are surely commendable. Tennyson, who works with the most basic universal human truths of life, love, and death; finds an everlasting purpose and exceptionally touching moments in his poems. His perfect style will never go out of vogue.
William Blake symbolism and imagery
Poems by Two Brothers (1827), his first
collection of poetry, was published while he was only 18 years old. The
majority of the book was written by Alfred Tennyson, but it also included poems
by his two older brothers, Frederick and Charles. It's a remarkable book for
such a young poet, demonstrating exceptional versification dexterity and the
prodigality of imagery that would eventually characterize his work;
Alfred Lord Tennyson was always praised
for his ability to create musical lyrics in his poetry, mastering to create a
number of verse forms. Tennyson is careful in his use of musical aspects of
words to underline his rhythms and meanings.
When it came to his description of
nature, Tennyson saw nature as a catalyst for depicting mankind's mind. Lines
from his poetry like "Words, like nature, partly show and half conceal the
spirit within" demonstrate his ability to use nature to communicate
thoughts, sentiments, and emotions. Tennyson's poetry is more often described
in terms of references. (Tennyson as a victorian poet)
Queen Victoria
Tennyson employed a wide range of
subject matter as source material for his poetry, ranging from medieval legends
to ancient mythology, and from home settings to observations of nature. The
richness of his vision and descriptive language reveals the impact of JohnKeats and other Romantic writers published before and during his infancy.
Tennyson was a
master craftsman who meticulously polished and revised his manuscripts. His
intricate compositional practice and frequent redrafting also reveal a dynamic
relationship between images and text. Tennyson's literary strength was
attributed to his "Englishness" and masculinity by his early readers.
Maud and Idylls of the King are two of his larger works that are well-known,
with the latter being the most renowned Victorian rendition of the legend of king Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Much of
Tennyson's poetry, including Mariana, The Lotos Eaters, Tears Idle Tears, and
In Memoriam, have a common thread of grief, melancholy, and loss running through
it, likely reflecting Tennyson's own lifelong struggle with crippling
depression. Tennyson was dubbed "the saddest of all English poets" by
T. S. Eliot, whose technical command of verse and language gave his poetry
profundity.
two contrary states of the human
soul" from William Blake Songs of Innocence and Experience.
Tennyson is a unique poet in that he materializes Greek
mythological stories to inform us about the Victorian era, its people, their
manners, morality, and beliefs, rather than the legendary story of the Greeks.
In his poems, Tennyson combines classicism and modernism. Ulysses, The Lotos Eaters,
Locksley Hall, The Lady of Shallot, In Memoriam, Maud, Tithonus, The
Princess, Morte d'Arthur are only a few of his excellent writings.
In his poem Ulysses and Tithonus he upholds a contrast of life. As a mortal, Ulysses yearns for endless adventure and mobility. In other words, he wishes to live forever. Tithonus, on the other side, is immortal and wishes to end altering (aging) and dispose of the dead. The contrast between Ulysses and Tithonus adds to Ulysses' sardonic nature, which Tennyson highlights with Milton's comment at the poem's finale. In the end, we're dissatisfied with what the two of us want together, or, to be more precise, regardless of the will. Ulysses and Tetanus are concerned about what happens at the end of life, a two-way death that must be avoided and accepted in equal measure. Human hubris only appears as a symptom of human weakness.
Tennyson is a legend of all ag. Seriously, his poems are so good that none of us can comprehend their brilliance. Tennyson, who, like a gifted teacher, imparted the world of poetry to everyone.
Tennyson famous poems
"Ulysses"
"Maud"
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
"Tithonus"