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Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (/ ˈ t ɛ n ɪ s ən /; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892), was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria 's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu".
Alfred, Lord Tennyson held the post between November 1850 and October 1892. According to Andrew Motion and Hilary Laurie, Tennyson "gave the poet laureateship new status and significance" with works such as "Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade".
Enoch Arden is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1864 during his tenure as British poet laureate. [1] The story on which it was based was provided to Tennyson by Thomas Woolner .
Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson (1878–1952) James Alfred Tennyson (1913–2001) David Harold Alexander Tennyson, 6th Baron Tennyson (b. 1960) (1) Alan James Drummond Tennyson (b. 1965) Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson (1879–1977) (Beryl) Hallam Augustine Tennyson (1920–2005) (2) (Charles) Jonathan Penrose Tennyson (b. 1955) (3 ...
Idylls of the King, published between 1859 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892; Poet Laureate from 1850) which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, and the rise and fall of Arthur's kingdom.
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The English poet and critic James Reeves included his poem "Cophetua", inspired by the legend, in his 1958 book The Talking Skull. Hugh Macdiarmid wrote a brief two-verse poem Cophetua in Scots, which is a slightly parodic treatment of the story. [11] Polish composer Ludomir Rózycki wrote a symphonic poem "Król Cophetua", Op. 24, in 1910.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2 C, 7 P) W. William Wordsworth (1 C, 16 P) ... Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom; A. Simon Armitage; Alfred Austin; B. John Betjeman; Robert ...