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• THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE IN TENNYSON Research Paper

  ...syllable, which serves to impart a fluid and natural quality to Ulysses’ speech. Tennyson varies the meter of his poem periodically. For example, line 69 begins with a beat that contains two stressed syllables: "Made weak." Other examples of spondees occur in lines 44, 45, and 67. The variation of meter is also a feature of the dramatic monologue as it gives the poem a more realistic feel. To draw to a conclusion, Tennyson’s poem is written in the form of a dramatic monologue and possesses many of its features. It reveals interest in human psychology and the need to go beyond the limits of one’s own self and experience, but it is, more generally, an instrument for an investigation into the variety and complexity of the human heart. Tennyson’s vision is expressed as much by the grammatical clauses and structures as by his choice of words. The tensions between private and public, love of beauty and sense of responsibility, the needs of the self and the needs of society that are characteristically Victorian also appear in the poem, reflected by the character’s thoughts. WORKS CITED Abrams, M.H. A Glossary of Literary terms. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1957. Holman, C. Hugh and William Harmon A Handbook to Literature 6th Edition, N.Y.: Macmillan, 1992. Pearsall, Cornelia, Tennyson’s Rapture: Transformation in the Victorian Dramatic Monologue, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Tennyson, Alfred, 2003 Ulysses. Poetry X. Accessed 15...

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• Boigraphy of Alfred Lord Tennyson Essay

  ...Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.[2] Tennyson excelled at penning short lyrics, such as "Break, Break, Break", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Tears, Idle Tears" and "Crossing the Bar". Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as Ulysses, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and fellow student at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a brain haemorrhage before they could marry. Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses", and "Tithonus". During his career, Tennyson attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success. A number of phrases from Tennyson's work have become commonplaces of the English language, including "Nature, red in tooth and claw", "'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted...

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• Poetic treatments of journey in Tennyson s Ulysses and Dickinsons Because I could not stop for death Research Paper

  ...English Literature written exercise on Tennyson and Dickinson Task: Compare and contrast these two different poetic treatments of the idea of journey. Focus on subject matter, compositional techniques including narrative voice and structure, style (especially choice of language) and what you take to be the authors’ values and intentions. Length: 1200-1500 words. Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death”, and Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Ulysses” are two vastly different poems written several decades apart that both focus centrally on the idea of a journey. “Because I could not stop for Death” was written in about 1860 by Emily Dickinson, an unconventional nineteenth century American poet. In 1833, Lord Alfred Tennyson, a well-educated Romantic poet, wrote “Ulysses”. In developing their respective poems around central theme of a journey, both Tennyson and Dickinson’s protagonists themselves experience and undertake journeys, the natures of which however are vastly different. The journey’s described are not only very different in their substance, but in the way that the poets develop and explore the journeys their protagonists undertake. Despite their differences however, both of the poems share a fixation with death as a journey, though there is contrast in how this is explored. Tennyson’s “Ulysses”, two journey’s are explored, the first being the journey of the speaker Ulysses upon his return from the...

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• Tennyson poetry Essay

  ...How does Tennyson tell the story of 'Godiva'? In the poem 'Godiva' Alfred Lord Tennyson employs another famous mythological legend and transforms it into a story of his own. it is a narrative poem written from the perspective of an omniscient narrator whereby Tennyson has introduced political and economical aspects of Victorian society, the time in which the poem was written. The poem is written in verse paragraphs therefore making each stage of the story clearly visible. The opening of 'Godiva' is an epigraph to the poem, informing the reader of the given circumstances of the poem. Due to this we begin in Victorian Coventry which is indicated as the epigraph is written in italics. This way the reader can also see how the opening is dislocated from the rest of the poem. The significance of the narrator standing on the bridge is a clear indication of how he will soon be crossing from the Victorian era to the medieval and shift from first person narrative to an omniscient narrator. The opening line of the myth directly addresses the audience: Not only we the latest seed of Time New men that in the flying of a wheel Cry down the past, not only we... The first sentence indicated the progress of the country due to the industrial revolution. However, the repetition of 'not only we' removes some of the pride of the 'New men' as the...

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• Tithonus by Alfred Tennyson Essay

  ...Death takes man into a world from where he cannot return but immortality has brought Tithonus far away from the world of men, too far to retrace his steps .Tithonus, written by Alfred Tennyson is based on Greek mythology, Tithonus fell in love with Eos, goddess of the dawn, and asked her for immortality. Unfortunately for Tithonus he did not ask for eternal youth, only eternal life. He, therefore, grows old but never dies while Eos not only never dies but also never grows old. What makes Tithonus's situation worse is that "the gods themselves cannot recall their gifts." The poem touches upon the themes of isolation and death as well as an escape from the arduous burden of life, themes which Tennyson himself had been haunted by in his life. The poem begins with the acknowledgement of the natural cycle of life, with death being the final culmination of life as in nature "the woods decay and fall" just as "after many a summer dies the swan." Man too eventually faces the same as he "comes and tills the field and lies beneath." But not Tithonus, as he has been condemned to live a life of immortality without immortal youth as it cruelly consumes him. As time passes, he "withers slowly" and is just "a white-hair'd shadow roaming like a dream" as he's lost all the vigor and vitality that he once possessed as a youth. Tithonus laments that he is now but a "gray shadow" who was once chosen by the goddess of dawn Eos, herself for he was "so...

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• Essay on Alfred Lord Tennyson Biography Analysis

  ...Phillip Simmons Professor Beaton English 102 07 March 2012 Alfred Lord Tennyson: Poet Extraordinaire of his time during the mid-1800s Alfred Lord Tennyson’s life and opinions are reflected in his poetry without the concern of admirers or critics. His opinion questions the challenges of death, love, and faith as natural occurrences in life. These engagements of Tennyson’s thoughts are reflected in three of his poems, “In Memoriam A.H.H.”, “To the Queen”, and “Faith”. With the publication of his poems in 1842, Alfred Lord Tennyson was recognized as the Poet Laureate of his time before becoming a middle aged man in life. He was sought out by aspiring poets seeking knowledge, confirmation, and approval of their own writing drafts. The poem “In Memoriam A.H.H.” denotes the untimely passing of his closest friend. It is a tribute to the memory of Arthur Henry Hallam indicating the mourning of his death. Tennyson has a difficult time expressing his feelings with heartfelt words; “I sometimes hold it half a sin, to put in words the grief I feel: For words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within” (164). Arthur played a significant role in Tennyson’s life. The two met on October of 1828 shortly after his arrival at Trinity College. Until the time of his death, the two remained loyal friends. Tennyson had a high respect for his beloved friend Arthur. He was there for Alfred in his time of...

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• Lord Alfred Tennyson Research Essay

  ...Literature April 16, 2013 Lord Alfred Tennyson Research Lord Alfred Tennyson was a famous writer during the Victorian Era. He is one of the well-loved poets. He was born on August 6, 1809. His birth place was Somersby, Lincolnshire, England. Tennyson was the fourth child out of twelve children. He displayed an early talent for writing. At twelve years old he wrote his 6,000 line poem. He was tutored by his father, Reverend George Tennyson, in classical and modern languages. However, in the 1820s, Alfred’s father began suffering mental breakdowns. They became very frequent and were believed to be from alcoholism. One brother of Tennyson’s got into violent altercations with his father, and another was later sent to an insane asylum, and one more became an opium addict. Lord Alfred Tennyson left home in 1827. He then attended Trinity College, Cambridge. He and his brother Charles published Poems by Two Brothers, in that same year. Even though the poem was a little mature for that era, it attracted attention of the disciples. The people delivered confidence to Tennyson as a poet. Tennyson became best friends with Hallam and the toured Europe together. The sudden death of his best friend in 1833, greatly depressed the young poet. He wrote many tribute poems to his best friend, including In memoriam. In 1830, he published poems, Chiefly Lyrical and a second volume of poems....

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• Essay about Tithonus by Lord Tennyson

  ...immortality, and to beat death in its race for life. However, Tennyson goes into great description of the suffering that Tithonus experiences. The poem, “Tithonus” is encompassed around depression, sorrow and misery. Negative images and metaphors are outlined through the gravest details. This is depicted to us straight from the first line of the poem, “The woods decay, the woods decay and fall” (Norton,1964). As followed in agony with “Me only cruel immortality consumes; I wither slowly in thine arms” (Norton, 1964). These lines exemplify the pain and suffering that Tithonus experiences as he comes to face his cruel new reality. To his dismay, he never thought to include the gift of physical youth as part of his wish. With that being said, poor Tithonus suffers with his image and becomes depressed knowing that his physically being will eventually decay with all of the other physical matter in this world. Throughout “Tithonus”, a message of a disturbed past taunts Tithonus with the comparison of his old life to his current. He demonstrates feelings of nostalgia and longing for his past life. It appears that it’s a daunting feeling to look back on his past life and see almost a future resembling a black hole, falling and flying through the loopholes of time. Tithonus begins to refer to himself as “Once a man” in the third person, using his past self as an obstacle between himself and the actual acuity of himself. With doing so Tennyson provides...

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