This document provides biographical information about Alfred Lord Tennyson and summarizes some of his major poems. It notes that Tennyson was born in 1809 in Lincolnshire, England and came from a family with mental and physical health issues. He studied at Cambridge University and was later appointed Poet Laureate of England. Two of his most famous poems mentioned are Ulysses, written from the perspective of the character Ulysses, and In Memoriam, a lengthy elegy Tennyson wrote after the death of his friend Henry Hallam. The document also discusses Tennyson's skillful use of language, descriptive nature scenes, and exploration of themes like friendship, loss, and the passage of time in his poetry.

1. Topic :- Tennyson as a poet
Name :- Rasila jambucha
Roll no:- 24
Sem :- 2/M.A.
Paper :- The Victorian literature
Submitted to :- smt.s.b.Gardi
maharaja krishanakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar university

2.  born august 6, 1809, at Somersby, in
Lincolinshire
 several man in his family and they
have mental and physical problem
 he studied in Cambridge
 he also attended trinity college
 he was appointed poet laureate
 he was most popular poet in England in his own day
 his poems also dealt with national affairs
 his 1842 poems, established his career as writer
 Victorian poetry touch nature but his poetry touch
human nature

3. His poetical characteristic
• Legendary narrative
• Signs of the ethnical interestChoice of language
• “Myriads of rivulets
hurrying thro’s the lawn,
The moan of doves in
immemorial elms, And
murmuring of innumerable
bees” -The Princess
Craftsmanship

4. • Ornate description of nature
scene
• “The large leaves of the
sycamore, And fluctuate all the
still perfume” -In memoriam
Pictorial quality
• musical and attractive
• “Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!
But the tender grace of a day
that is dead
Will never come back to me.”
Lyrical quality

5. Theme of his poems
Geological time and evolutionary history
Historical/mythological past
Divide self friendship
His personal
past
Social and
political
concerns

6. Another theme

7. His poems

8. The chiefly lyrical
 his first poem
 published in 1830
 it has pictorial effect
Ulysses
 spoken by single character
 whose identity is revealed by his
own words
 Ulysses says, it is boring to stay
one place
 dramatic monologue

9. Break, break, break
 poem is addressed to sea
 human establishment about friendship
 poet constantly hammer not by waves
but by thought
 poet not happy somewhere
 during the journey in the sea his
friend die
 separation of his friend

10. In memoriam
 published 1850
 his greatest poem (elegy )
 poem begins with expression of sorrow
and grief
 his beloved friend Henry Hallam died
in fever at the age of 22
 he doesn’t lost his friend forever but survive or live in
his memory