alfred lord tennyson

     

This baron was England's poet laureate from 1850 to 1892, longer than anyone else

Trivia about alfred lord tennyson

  • Made a baron in the early 1880s, he was the first Englishman elevated to that rank for literary work alone
  • This English lord dedicated an 1880 volume of poetry to his grandson, who was also named Alfred
  • "Poems By 2 Brothers" features poems by 3 Tennyson brothers: Charles, Frederick & him
  • Hardly idle, this poet wrote over 10,000 lines of "Idylls Of The King"
  • "The Coming of Arthur" & "Gareth and Lynette" are parts of his "Idylls of the King"
  • This lord's 1879 poem "The Defence of Lucknow" concerns the Sepoy Rebellion
  • "For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever", this "Lord" of poetry babbled in "The Brook"
  • Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King"
  • Prince Albert sent his copy of "Idylls Of The King" to this poet & asked him to autograph it
  • Oh lord, he was made poet laureate of England in 1850
  • Byron was Lord Byron from age 10; this poet had to wait until his 70s, in 1884
  • 1809-1892:"A poet laureate who wouldn't lord it over you"
  • Victoria found this poet laureate's "In Memoriam" a great comfort in her widowhood
  • This lord was England's poet laureate when he wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1854
  • Julia Margaret Cameron's photos illustrated this poet's "Idylls of the King", & his photo is seen here
  • In a poem dedicated to this lord, Longfellow wrote, "Poet! I come to touch thy lance with mine"
  • Frederick Ashton's ballet "The Lady of Shalott" is based on this man's poem of the same name
  • "Into the valley of death rode the six hundred"
  • In 1883 Queen Victoria gave this poet laureate the title "Baron of Aldworth & Freshwater"