3. About the author
Lord Tennyson (1809-92) wasborn
InLincolnshire. Poet laureatefor
Over40 yearsTennyson is
representativeofthe Victorian age.
His skilledcraftmanship and noble
Idealsretaineda large audiendce
For poetryin an age whennovel
Wasengrossing more and more
readers.His fame restson his
Perfectcontrol of sound the sythesis
Of sound .
4. Introduction
The poemhas such exquisiteimagery,and such
perfectmetaphorthat one caneasilyvisualisethe
stream flowingpast. The poet hascaptured notonly
the beauty of the streambut the sounds and the
connectedlandscapetoo.
5. Summary ofthe poem
The poethas realistically drawn a
parallelism between the journeyof the
brookwith the life of a man.The poet says
as in the childhood thea child is very
agile, energetic.
6. Poem: Thebrook
I comefrom haunts of coot and Hern
I make a sudden sally
And sparkle out among the fern
To bicker down a valley
7. By thirty hillsI hurry down or slip between
ridges
By twenty Thorpe'sa little down
And half a hundred bridges
Till last by Philip'sfarm, I flow
8. To jointhe brimming river,
For men may comeand men may go
But I goon for ever.
I chatter overstony ways,
In littlesharps and trebles
