ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in full Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson of Aldworth and Freshwater, (born August 6, 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire, England-died October 6, 1892, Aldworth, Surrey), English poet often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry. He was raised to the peerage in 1884.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tennyson as poet represented the true spirit of his age. He is not only the follower but also an interpreter of the age. His truly representative character made him universally popular in his own age. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was the most highly regarded poet of his period and the most widely read of all English poets.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tennyson faithfully reflected the various aspects of Victorian life in his poetry. He expressed in his poetry the hopes and aspirations, the doubts and scepticism of the age. The faith, griefs and victories of the Victorians were reflected in his poetry. Tennyson’s poetry reflects the spirit of the age.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Tennyson is called a representative poet of the Victorian age. When we say this we mean that he is one poet in whose works the basic nature of the age – its achievements, doubts and fears – are best reflected.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tennyson was the grand old man of Victorian poetry, holding the Laureateship for 42 years and famous for In Memoriam A.H.H., The Idylls of The King and Maud, and Other Poems – the last of which includes ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’.