TENNYSON :A STUDY OF POET Paper no:6 Prepared by:kavita .d. Mehta Semester:2 Email Id:[email protected] Enrollment no:2069108420170020 S.M.T S.B Gardi Department of
English Maharaja Krishnkumarsihji
Bhavnagar University
INTRODUCTION The period of 1837 to
1901 known as the age of ‘Victoria’.
During that period many great writers gave their best contribution to English age as a gift
Browning,tennyson,Dicken’s ,there are some great star of the age.
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
HIS LIFE Tennyson was born on 6 August 1809 in
England. He was born into middle class line of
Tennyson,but also had a noble and royal ancestry.
His father, George Clayton Tennyson was rector (working on church)
He attained his basic education and then went to the trinity college,cambridge university.
Tennyson was a Victorian era British writer,novelist,poet.
He was the poet laureate of the united kingdom during much of queen Victorian's reign.
Tennyson and his two brothers were writing poetry in their teens and a collection of poems by all three was published locally when Tennyson was 17.
The success of his 1842 poems made Tennyson a popular poet, and in 1845 he received a civil list.
The success of “The princess” and “In memoriam” and his appointment in 1850 as poet laureate finally established him as the most popular poet of the Victorian era.
Alfred ,lord Tennyson died on October 6 1892, at the age of 83.
FAMOUS WORK Tennyson first publication was poems,chifly
Lyrical(1830)which included the popular poem “Mariana”.
His second book poem(1833),received mixed review after which he ceased to write 10 year.
He wrote In memoriam A.H.H ,in memory of his closest friend Arthur Hallan.
The lady of shalott,The Lotus-Eaters, Morte’d Arthur and Ulysses.
Appreciation in 1842 in two volume poems which established his reputation as a writer.
HIS POEMIn
memoriamBreak Break
Break
Ulysses The princess
The chiefly lyrical
The chiefly lyrical: His first
poem ,published in 1830,it has pictorial effect.
Ulysses: Dramatic monologue Ulysses says, it is
boring
to one place.
Break Break Break: Poem is addressed to sea.
During the journey in the sea his friend die.
In memoriam: Published in 1850 This poem begins
expression of sorrow and grief.
THEME OF POEM Historical and mythological past
Friendship Social and political concerns The virtue of perseverance and optimism.
The Glory of England