Alfred Lord Tennyson
English Victorian poet laureate whose In Memoriam A.H.H. is a profound elegy for his dead friend and a meditation on faith and doubt. Idylls of the King and Ulysses are also landmarks of Victorian verse.
Works
- In Memoriam A.H.H.Elegy structured as linked verses meditating on grief and faith
- Idylls of the KingSeries of narrative poems about the Arthurian legend and chivalry
- UlyssesMonologue of an aged hero reflecting on a life of adventure
- The Charge of the Light BrigadePoem celebrating the heroic cavalry charge at Balaclava
- MaudNarrative poem of unrequited love and emotional turmoil