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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alfred Lord Tennyson was buried here with great honor on October 12, 1892. He was buried in the poet’s corner near Robert Browning, and his resting place is noted by a simple dark gray burial stone giving his name and date of birth and death in gold lettering.

Detailed explanation-3: -Born on August 6, 1809, in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England, Alfred, Lord Tennyson is one of the most well-loved Victorian poets. Tennyson, the fourth of twelve children, showed an early talent for writing. At the age of twelve he wrote a 6, 000-line epic poem.

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’.