ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tennyson was born on 6 August 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England. He was born into a successful middle-class family of minor landowning status distantly descended from John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers, and Francis Leke, 1st Earl of Scarsdale.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tennyson actually breathed the spirit of his age into his poetry. That is why his poems are reflection of his age. Various characteristics of the Victorian age could be seen in the works of Tennyson. The age was an age of democratic spirit and common people were fighting for their equal rights and political freedom.

Detailed explanation-4: -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’.