He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. 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.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. It immediately proved to be wildly popular and was distributed to the soldiers remaining in … Lord Alfred Tennyson was born in 1809.
Read and share poems from this select list of the best famous Alfred Lord Tennyson poetry by famous classical and contemporary poets. All of Lord Alfred Tennyson Poems. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as Break, Break, Break, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Tears, Idle Tears and Crossing the Bar. Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850; he was appointed by Queen Victoria and served 42 years. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was a British poet. Tennyson's works were melancholic, and reflected the moral and intellectual values of his time, which made them especially vulnerable for later critic. More than any other Victorian-era writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers.
Alfred, with two of his brothers, Frederick and He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems Chiefly Lyrical in 1830. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu".
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Tennyson was the fourth of 12 children, born into an old Lincolnshire family, his father a rector. A collection of the all-time best famous Alfred Lord Tennyson poems by history's most popular famous poets. Alfred Lord Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire.
Alfred Lord Tennyson was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses. He was raised to the peerage in 1884. Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Major literary work: In 1842 Tennyson published Poems, in two volumes, one containing a revised selection from the volumes of 1830 and 1832, the other, new poems. In 1855, Tennyson wrote his most famous poem in a few moments. More than any other Victorian-era writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers.