History Creator / AlfredLordTennyson

On 15 September 1833, Hallam died from a brain haemorrhage, plunging Tennyson into profound grief. [[CopeByCreating Tennyson turned to writing]] ''In Memoriam A.H.H.'' to come to terms with this loss. In the meantime, he continued to write other poems, and ''The Princess'' (1847) enhanced his reputation, and the eventual publication of In Memoriam A.H.H.'' in 1850 acknowledged him as one of the major voices of poetry in his age.

He was the fourth of 12 children, born on 6 August 1809 in Lincolnshire to George Clayton Tennyson (1778-1831), an Anglican clergyman, and Elizabeth Fytche (1781-1865), the daughter of an Anglican clergyman. Alfred, with two of his brothers, Frederick and Charles, were sent to Louth grammar school in 1815, where he was unhappy. Tennyson left in 1820, but his father managed to give him a wide literary education. Alfred developed an interest in poetry at an early age, composing poems in the styles of Creator/AlexanderPope, Creator/WalterScott, and Creator/JohnMilton. He even wrote ''The Devil and the Lady'', an imitation of Elizabethan tragedy, at the age of 14. Creator/LordByron himself was another major influence on Tennyson. Upon hearing the news of Lord Byron's death, Tennyson was devastated, declaring that it was a day "when the whole world seemed to darken for me"; he fled to the woods and carved "Byron is dead" on a rock.

* FunetikAksent: Tennyson wrote a couple of poems in the Lincolnshire dialect, like "Northern Farmer, Old Style" and "Northern Farmer, New Style". Lincolnshire was where he grew up. His son, Hallam, noted that the dialect was so authentic that "when they were first read in that county a farmer’s daughter exclaimed: 'That’s Lincoln labourers’ talk, and I thought Mr Tennyson was a gentleman'".

Proputty, proputty, proputty—that's what I 'ears 'em saäy.\\
Proputty, proputty, proputty—Sam, thou's an ass for thy paaïns:\\

-->--'''Alfred, Lord Tennyson''', In Memoriam A.H.H.

-->Me only cruel immortality
-->Consumes. I wither slowly in thine arms.

--> ''I hope to see [[{{God}} my Pilot]] face to face\\

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[[caption-width-right:350:Photograph on 1857 by James Mudd]]

He was born on 6 August 1809 in Lincolnshire to a George Clayton Tennyson (1778-1831), an Anglican clergyman; and Elizabeth Fytche (1781-1865), the daughter of an Anglican clergyman. Alfred Tennyson grew up introspective and brooding, but was drawn to poetry at an early age, writing ''The Devil and the Lady'', an imitation of Elizabethan tragedy, at the age of 14.

In 1827, Tennyson attended Trinity College, Cambridge. In April 1829, Tennyson met Arthur Henry Hallam, a fellow poet whose friendship was of enormous importance. Hallam brought Tennyson out of his shell and encouraged his poetry; they both entered the Chancellor's Prize Poem Competition (which Tennyson won with his poem ''Timbuctoo'') and joined the Cambridge Apostles, a discussion group in which a member gives a prepared talk on a topic, which is later thrown open for discussion. He even published his collections of poems: ''Poems, Chiefly Lyrical'' in 1830 and ''Poems'' in 1832. His poems were decried by some critics as overly sentimental, but they proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Creator/SamuelTaylorColeridge.

On 15 September 1833, Hallam died from a brain haemorrhage, plunging Tennyson into profound grief. [[CopeByCreating Tennyson turned to writing ''In Memoriam A.H.H.'' to come to terms with this loss]]. At the meantime, he continued to write other poems, and ''The Princess'' (1847) enhanced his reputation, and the eventual publication of In Memoriam A.H.H.'', which he took 17 years to write, in 1850 acknowledged him as one of the major voices of poetry in his age.

Tennyson married Emily Sellwood in 1850 and was appointed Poet Laureate later in the same year. In 1853 he settled in the Isle of Wight, and he continued poems like ''Maud'' (1855) and ''Enoch Arden'' (1864). During that time, Queen Victoria lost her husband Prince Albert on 14 December 1861, and she turned to reading ''In Memoriam A.H.H.'', which became a great favourite of hers. Tennyson himself was offered a baronetcy many times before finally accepting ennoblement in 1883. Much of his later career was taken up with finishing his Arthurian epic, ''Idylls of the King''; the first part of it was published in 1842, but the poem was completed in 1874. He even produced a number of stage-plays, like ''Queen Marry'', produced in 1875; and ''Becket'', a play inspired by the martyrdon of St Thomas Becket, produced in 1884.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson died on 6 October 1892. Before dying, he requested that ''Crossing the Bar'', a poem that compares death to crossing the sandbar, be placed at the end of all editions of his poems. He was also the longest serving laureate, having held the laureate from 1850 until his death.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson died on 6 October 1892. Before dying, he requested that ''Crossing the Bar'', a poem that compares death to crossing the sandbar, at the end of all editions of his poems. He was also the longest serving laureate, having held the laureate from 1850 until his death.

Than never to have loved at all.

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->''Half a league, half a league, half a league onward,\\
All in the valley of Death rode the six hundred.\\
"Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said,\\
Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred.''
-->"The Charge of the Light Brigade"

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet and poet laureate from 1852 onwards.

Tennyson is perhaps best known for his epic eulogy ''In Memoriam'' which was dedicated to his best friend Arthur Hallam who died tragically young at the age of twenty two.

Other poems of Tennyson include "Locksley Hall", "The Lady of Shalott", "Ulysses", and "The Charge of the Light Brigade".

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!! Works with their own pages:

* WarIsGlorious / WarIsHell: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" lauds the courageous charge while also lamenting how many were killed and injured in an suicidal attack that was the result of a miscommunicated order.[[note]]Of the six hundred and seventy members of the brigade, over a hundred were killed and over a hundred and fifty injured, a casualty rate of around 40% in a single action.[[/note]]

* WarIsGlorious: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" lauds the courageous charge while also lamenting how many were killed and injured in an suicidal attack that was the result of a miscommunicated order.
* WarIsHell: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" lauds the courageous charge while also lamenting how many were killed and injured in an suicidal attack that was the result of a miscommunicated order.[[note]]Of the six hundred and seventy members of the brigade, over a hundred were killed and over a hundred and fifty injured, a casualty rate of around 40% in a single action.[[/note]]

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet and poet laureate from 1852 onwards. Tennyson is perhaps best known for his epic eulogy ''In Memoriam'' which was dedicated to his best friend Arthur Hallam who died tragically young at the age of twenty two. Other poems of Tennyson include "Locksley Hall", "The Lady of Shalott", "Ulysses", and "The Charge of the Light Brigade".

* WarIsGlorious / WarIsHell: "The Charge of the Light Brigade" plays both tropes simultaneously - lauding the courageous charge while also lamenting how many were killed and injured in an suicidal attack that was the result of a miscommunicated order.[[note]]Of the six hundred and seventy members of the brigade, over a hundred were killed and over a hundred and fifty injured, a casualty rate of around 40% in a single action.[[/note]]