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Bookmark or Share- 10 best Tennyson Poems Every Poetry Lover Should Know1) “The Charge of the Light Brigade” Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade” is a significant poem that captures the valiant yet tragic assault by British cavalry during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War.. Written in 1854 and published shortly thereafter, Tennyson honors the courage of the Light Brigade, who charged headlong into enemy fire due to a ...
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson | Victorian Poet & Poetry | BritannicaAlfred, Lord Tennyson (born August 6, 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire, England—died October 6, 1892, Aldworth, Surrey) was an English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. He was raised to the peerage in 1884.
- 10 Classic Tennyson Poems Everyone Should ReadNevertheless, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to choose ten of the best Tennyson poems, ranging from his narrative poems to lyrics and elegies and everything in between. For those who wish to learn more about Tennyson, we’ve previously treated his interesting life and work here.
- The Tennyson Society – Alfred Lord Tennyson PoetryAlfred, Lord Tennyson, is perhaps today the best-known poet of the Victorian Age. Born in Lincolnshire in 1809, he became Poet Laureate in 1850 and is famous world-wide for such poems as ‘The Lady of Shalott’, ‘Ulysses’ and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’.
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson | The Poetry FoundationMore than any other Victorian-era writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to be—with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Gladstone—one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had.
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