Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

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Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
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Features of his poetry

• 1.resort to the world of romances classical,
  medieval and English (The Idylls of the King).
• 2.skilled in the lyric, the dramatic monologue
  
• 3.perfect control of the sound of English and
  consummate choice and taste in words.

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The Eagle

• Ideas
• 1. a poem in memory of his friend Hallam
• 2.a poem in praise of noble persons
• 3.a hymn of independence and freedom

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The Eagle

• Form and devices
• 1.single rhyme in each stanzasingleness and
  aloneness of the eagle
• 2.alliteration in the first linethe hard
  consonant /k/ in the three words suggests
  hardness of the rock and firmness of the bird

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The Eagle

• Form and devices
• 3.imagery or symbolism
• the eagle is symbolic of a noble person and free
  spririt
• the wrinkled sea the masses or ordinary people
• the sun truth

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The Eagle

• Form and devices
• 4.contrast between the two stanzasmotionlessness
  and thunderbolt-like action

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Break, Break, Break

• Ideas and artistic features
• 1. a lyric on the loss of youth, innocence
  and happiness
• 2.deep grief, sincere feelings
• 3.smoothness of rhythm, musical effect

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Break, Break, Break

• Ideas and artistic features
• 4.images and symbols
• 5.sound devices long vowels, metrical
  features(anapesticiambicspondaic)
• 6.translations of the title

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Third Generation of Romantics

• Alfred Tennyson is like Keats sensuousness
• melancholy
• Robert Browning is like Shelleya taste for
  musicality