Alfred lord tennyson poems biography template
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Alfred Lord Tennyson Biography, 1911
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), English poet, was born at Somersby, Lincolnshire, England, on the 6th of August 1809.
He was the fourth of the twelve children of the Reverend George Clayton Tennyson (1778–1831) and his wife Elizabeth Fytche (1781–1865). The Tennysons were an old Lincolnshire family settled at Bayon’s Manor.
The poet’s grandfather, George Tennyson, M.P., had disinherited the poet’s father, who was settled hard by in the rectory of Somersby, in favor of the younger son, Charles Tennyso
n D’Eyncourt. The rich pastoral scenery of this part of Lincolnshire influenced the imagination of the boy, and is plainly reflected in all his early poetry, although it has now been stated with authority that the localities of his subject-poems, which had been ingeniously identified with real brooks and granges, were wholly imaginary.
Early Life and Writings
At a very early age he began to write in prose and verse. At Christmas 1815 he wa
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Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809-1892
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01. Cradle Song
02. The Eagle
03. Strong Son of God, Immortal Love
04. Ring Out, Wild Bells
05. The Kraken
06. The Sea-Fairies
07. Break, Break, Break
08. Charge of the Light Brigade
09. The Oak
10. In Memoriam, VII
11. The Splendor Falls
12. Tears, Idle Tears
13. from The Palace of Art
14. Sweet and Low
15. Ask Me No More
16. The Flower
17. A Farewell
18. Of Old Sat Freedom
19. The Blackbird
20. Circumstance
21. The Death of the Old Year
22. The Deserted House
23. The Dying Swan
24. Early Spring
25. England and America in 1782
26. Far-far-away (For Music)
27. Flower in the Crannied Wall
28. The May Queen
29. The Poet's Song
30. The Tears Of Heaven
31. Will
32. The Throstle
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Tennyson, Alfred Lord
It would be difficult to overstate the popularity and celebrity that Alfred Lord Tennyson enjoyed in his lifetime, in a career that spanned the length of Victoria’s reign, and which amounted to a veritable industry. His poetry was published and read widely bygd a mixed readership, and his likeness was recognisable from drawings, photographs and cartoons.
Early life
Alfred Tennyson was born in Somersby, a Lincolnshire by, on 5th August 1809 to a clergyman, George Tennyson, and his wife, Elizabeth. He was the fourth of 12 children, one of whom died in infancy. The household was creative: all wrote and read poetry, and played music together. Various members of the family appear to have suffered from health issues including severe mental illness, epilepsy, heavy drinking and drug addiction; these seem to have had their effect upon Alfred, who suffered from periods of considerable fear and anxiety about his own physical and mental well-being.
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