Alfred Tennyson was a British poet who served as Poet Laureate of Great Britain during much of Queen Victoria's reign. Some of his most famous poems include "Ulysses", "Morte d'Arthur", "Break, Break, Break", "Mariana", "In Memoriam", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears", "Crossing the Bar", "Idylls of the King", and "Tithonus". "Ulysses" tells the story of the Greek hero longing to continue exploring the world despite returning home, while "In Memoriam" was Tennyson's lengthy elegy mourning the death of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam

1. The Victorian Age
About poets
Prepared by Latta Baraiya

2. Alfred Tennyson [1809-1892]
- 1st Baron Tennyson FRS was a British poet.
- He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria.
- In 1829, he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at
Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu".
- He is considered as ‘The poet of changing time’
- He has sympathy for poor peoples.
- 4th son of 12th children of George Clinton and Elizabeth
- He was writing for escape to the reality
- His best friend was Arthur Hallam

3. ● His famous poems :-
◆ “Ulysses”
◆ “Morte d’Arthur”
◆ “Break, Break, Break”
◆ “Mariana”
◆ “In Memoriam”
◆ “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
◆ “Tears, Idle Tears”
◆ “Crossing the Bar”
◆ “Idylls of the King”
◆ “Tithonus”

4. ● “Ulysses”[1842] :-
- This is a poem in blank verse
- written in 1833 and published in 1842 in his well-received
second volume of poetry.
- It is a popular example of the dramatic monologue.
- Ulysses’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson was written in the
aftermath of a close friend’s death (Arthur Hallam).
- In The Odyssey, Ulysses/Odysseus struggles to return
home, but in Tennyson's "Ulysses," an aged Ulysses is
frustrated with domestic life and yearns to set sail again and
continue exploring the world.

5. - Facing old age, mythical hero Ulysses describes his
discontent and restlessness upon returning to his kingdom,
Ithaca, after his far-ranging travels. Despite his reunion with
his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus, Ulysses yearns
to explore again.
- In the twentieth century, some new interpretations of
"Ulysses" highlighted potential ironies in the poem. For
example, that Ulysses wishes to selfishly abandon his
kingdom and family, and they questioned more positive
assessments of Ulysses' character by demonstrating how
he resembles flawed protagonists in earlier literature.

6. ● “In Memoriam” [1850] :-
- The original title of the poem was "The Way of the Soul".
- the poem is an account of all Tennyson's thoughts and
emotions as he grieves over the death of his close friend.
- It is the extended, fragmentary elegy that Tennyson wrote
for his closest friend Arthur Henry Hallam, after Hallam’s
sudden death at age 22.
- In Memoriam combines the expression of a deeply personal
experience of intense male friendship and mourning with
discussions of public concerns, including major debates of
the day about science and religion.

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