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Alfred Tennyson and His Work
Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire,
fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth Tennyson. Tennyson, said to
be the best poet of the Victorian era and his poetry will be discussed in this
essay.
Tennyson had a lifelong fear ....
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.... died from illness in 1833 at the
age of 22 and shocked Tennyson profoundly. His grief lead to most of his best
poetry, including "In Memoriam", "The Passing of Arthur", "Ulysses", and
"Tithonus".
Since Tennyson was always sensitive to criticism, The bad reviews of his
1832 poems hurt him greatly. Critics in those days took great joy in the
harshness of their reviews. John Wilson Croker's harsh criticisms of some of
the poems he wrote kept Tennyson from publishing again for another nine years.
The success of his 1842 poems made Tennyson a popular poet, ....
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