English Literature / Unit 14 ENL 1304 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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The idea
Alfred Tennyson, a rector's son, was shaped by his Cambridge friend Arthur Hallam, whose sudden death in eighteen thirty-three marked his work. He succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in eighteen fifty, and the anchor notes his affinity with the Romantics.
In practice
Laureate, mourner, musician of verse.
Where people slip
Tennyson's sound and sense are matched.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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