TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD Definition & Meaning

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord

A nineteenth-century English poet, very popular in his own time; he was poet laureate of Britain for over forty years. Among his works are “ The Charge of the Light Brigade ,” “Crossing the Bar,” and Idylls of the King (a retelling of the legend of King Arthur ) (see also Arthur ).

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 195, 290, 362.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 37, 38-43; his early poems, 38; his development, 39-42; Lockhart on, 39; Carlyle on, 40; Edward Fitzgerald on, 42; and Keats, 42; 220-228; his patriotism, 221; and the Arthurian legends, 222-223; his blank verse, 223-224; his dramatic poems, 224-227.

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TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord.—Maud, and other poems.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 158, 209; Maud, 158; The Princess, 209.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, education of, v, 75; early poems of, v, 77; appearance of, v, 79; literary position of, v, 81; Poet Laureate, v, 82; marriage of, v, 82; Queen Victoria and, v, 84; friendship with Arthur Hallam, v, 85; 455referred to, i, 91; iv, 165; iv, 253; v, 13, 97, 294; vi, 199; xii, 57; Brookfield and, v, 76; insularism of, v, 83; Kemble and, v, 76; his love of solitude, v, 79; Milnes and, v, 76; Spedding and, v, 76; 51�Թ�sworth compared with, i, 222.

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Kinsey, Alfred Alfred the Great

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