LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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George Bernard Shaw
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Christopher Marlowe
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William Shakespeare
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A. Lord Tennyson
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Locksley Hall” is a poem written by Alfred Tennyson in 1835 and published in his 1842 collection of Poems.
Detailed explanation-2: -The best-known poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, included “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Crossing the Bar.” His longer works included In Memoriam, inspired by his grief over the untimely death of a friend, and Idylls of the King, based on Arthurian legend.
Detailed explanation-3: -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’.
Detailed explanation-4: -His poem “Locksley Hall” (1842) expresses his ambivalence about technology and scientific progress. There the speaker feels tempted to abandon modern civilization and return to a savage life in the jungle. In the end, he chooses to live a civilized, modern life and enthusiastically endorses technology.