LORD ALFRED TENNYSON,THE FAMOUS VICTORIAN POET AND POET-LAUREATE,ENGLAND, WAS BORN THIS DAY, AUGUST '6 , 1809 IN SOMERSBY,LINCOLNSHIRE,ENGLAND !
KNOWN FOR THE MUSICALITY OF HIS POEMS,TENNYSON WROTE SOME OF THE BEST LYRICAL POEMS IN ENGLISH AND KNOWN AS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE POET OF THE VICTORIAN ERA.
'ULYSSES' , 'IN MEMORIAN' , 'IDYLLS OF THE KING' , 'THE LOTOS-EATERS' . . . .et.al ARE SOME OF HIS SIGNATURE PIECES OF POETRY .
MANY OF HIS POETIC LINES ARE VERY MUCH QUOTED OFTEN AS THEY CONTAIN A GREAT TREASURE OF INSPIRATIONS FOR ALL.
THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN LONDON-2012 HAS MANY QUOTES OF TENNYSON ENGRAVED !
HE SUCCEEDED WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AS THE POET-LAUREATE OF BRITAIN IN 1850 WHEN WORDSWORTH HAD DIED.
TENNYSON REMAINED THE POET-LAUREATE FOR 42 YEARS.
ALONG WITH QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE PRIMIER, GLADSTONE ,TENNYSON HAPPENED ONE OF THE THREE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN BRITAIN.
HIS POEMS ARE SELECTIVELY SOUND-BASED AND IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT TENNYSON WAS THE GREATEST LYRICAL POET IN ENGLISH !
HIS POEMS ARE SORT OF A BRIDGE BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON.HE WITHELD THE DEVASTATING IMPACT CREATED AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF CHARLES DARWIN'S 'THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. . . .' !
HE WAS A POET OF CLASSICAL PERFECTION COUPLED WITH ROMANTIC SENSIBILITY.AND,THAT WAS A RARE QUALITY ,RATHER FEAT TO BE ACHIEVED !
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TENNYSON !
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