Post #8: Poet of the Week, Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Poet of the Week:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

 

Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a British poet born on August 6th 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England during the reign of Queen Victoria. He was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland and remains one of the most popular of British poets. Some of his most famous poems, that are still relevant in literature are "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", and "Crossing the Bar". Alfred Tennyson became the Poet Laureate in his lifetime in 1850 after the death of previous position holder William Wordsworth and the refusal of the position by Samuel Rodgers. He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer according to The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

The context of why I picked Alfred, Lord Tennyson to be poet of the week is how much of his poems I am interested in and many of the quotes that he has said that I can link to my personal life. One of his poems "Crossing the Bar" a poem about death and how his time has come to leave this plane of existence, is a powerful piece of literary work that I recommend that everyone should read at least once in their lifetime.

For more information about Alfred, Lord Tennyson, there is an link below embedded with a video about who he was and how a handful of people of the present day honor him for his 200th birthday in 2009 and how he impacted England and the world of literature back during his lifetime.

200th Birthday of Alfred, Lord Tennyson

If there are any poems that you would like for me to do a stanza analysis on, just send an email to me at chrisgomez516@gmail.com

Sources: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/alfred-tennyson 
Picture of Lord Tennyson: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Tennyson_Middle_Age.jpg 
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/lord-alfred-tennyson 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZjOD0dFgPQ