Alfred Tennyson from Wikipedia

Alfred Tennyson, 1st block upon Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 6 October 1892), much erupt known as Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was Poet Laureate of the coupled Kingdom during much of Queen Victorias reign and rest one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, In the valley of Cauteretz, Break, Break, Break, The missionary station of the Light Brigade, Tears, Idle Tears and Crossing the Bar. Much of his rhythm was based on classical  fabulous themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his go around friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennysons sister, but died from a cerebral leech before they were married. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, Ulysses, andTithonus. During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success.

Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that obtain become commonplaces of the English language, including: Nature, red in tooth and claw, \Tis better to have love and lost / Than never to have loved at all, Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die, My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is unclouded, Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers, and The old order chan tieh, tame place to new. He is the second most ofttimes quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare.[1] [edit]Early life Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, a rectors son and fourth of 12 children.[2] He was a descendant of King Edward III of England.[3] Reportedly, the pedigree of his grandfather, George Tennyson, is traced derriere to the middle-class line of the Tennysons, and through Elizabeth Clayton ten generations back to Edmund, Duke of Somerset, and farther back to Edward III.[4] His father, George Clayton Tennyson (17781831), was a rector for Somersby (18071831), also rector... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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