The Princess: Thy Voice is Heard
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Poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809–1892
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
Subjects Family & Ancestors, War & Conflict, Relationships, Social Commentaries
Biography
More than any other Victorian writer, Tennyson has seemed the embodiment of his age, both to his contemporaries and to modern readers. In his own day he was said to be—with Queen Victoria and Gladstone—one of the three most famous living persons, a reputation no other poet writing in English has ever had. As official poetic spokesman for the reign of Victoria, he felt called upon to celebrate a quickly changing industrial and . . .
Poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Family & Ancestors, War & Conflict, Relationships, Social Commentaries
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Victorian
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