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Poems, Chiefly Lyrical 1830
Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1830. Many of the poems contain experimental elements such as irregular metres and words employed for their musical or evocative powers rather than for their strict meanings. The collection includes the introspective “The Owl” and “The Kraken” and some of Tennyson’s best-known shorter poems, including “ A Melody,” “"Mariana,"” and “A Spirit Haunts the Year’s Last Hours.”
- GenresPoetry
250 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1830
About the author
Alfred Tennyson
2,193 books1,459 followersWorks, including
In Memoriam
in 1850 and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in 1854, of Alfred Tennyson, first baron, known as lord, appointed British poet laureate in 1850, reflect Victorian sentiments and aesthetics.
Elizabeth Tennyson, wife, bore Alfred Tennyson, the fourth of twelve children, to George Tennyson, clergyman; he inevitably wrote his books. In 1816, parents sent Tennyson was sent to grammar school of Louth.
Alfred Tennyson disliked school so intensely that from 1820, home educated him. At the age of 18 years in 1827, Alfred joined his two brothers at Trinity College, Cambridge and with Charles Tennyson, his brother, published Poems by Two Brothers , his book, in the same year.
Alfred Tennyson published Poems Chiefly Lyrical , his second book, in 1830. In 1833, Arthur Henry Hallam, best friend of Tennyson, engaged to wed his sister, died, and thus inspired some best Ulysses and the Passing of Arthur .
Following William Wordsworth, Alfred Tennyson in 1850 married Emily Sellwood Tenyson, his childhood friend. She bore Hallam Tennyson in 1852 and Lionel Tennyson in 1854, two years later.
Alfred Tennyson continued throughout his life and in the 1870s also to write a number of plays.
In 1884, the queen raised Alfred Tennyson, a great favorite of Albert, prince, thereafter to the peerage of Aldworth. She granted such a high rank for solely literary distinction to this only Englishman.
Alfred Tennyson died at the age of 83 years, and people buried his body in abbey of Westminster.
Elizabeth Tennyson, wife, bore Alfred Tennyson, the fourth of twelve children, to George Tennyson, clergyman; he inevitably wrote his books. In 1816, parents sent Tennyson was sent to grammar school of Louth.
Alfred Tennyson disliked school so intensely that from 1820, home educated him. At the age of 18 years in 1827, Alfred joined his two brothers at Trinity College, Cambridge and with Charles Tennyson, his brother, published Poems by Two Brothers , his book, in the same year.
Alfred Tennyson published Poems Chiefly Lyrical , his second book, in 1830. In 1833, Arthur Henry Hallam, best friend of Tennyson, engaged to wed his sister, died, and thus inspired some best Ulysses and the Passing of Arthur .
Following William Wordsworth, Alfred Tennyson in 1850 married Emily Sellwood Tenyson, his childhood friend. She bore Hallam Tennyson in 1852 and Lionel Tennyson in 1854, two years later.
Alfred Tennyson continued throughout his life and in the 1870s also to write a number of plays.
In 1884, the queen raised Alfred Tennyson, a great favorite of Albert, prince, thereafter to the peerage of Aldworth. She granted such a high rank for solely literary distinction to this only Englishman.
Alfred Tennyson died at the age of 83 years, and people buried his body in abbey of Westminster.
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January 5, 2025
"Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth"
An ok collection overall, with a couple of good poems (got this after reading The Kraken online and hoping there would be some more strange poems like that one). Enjoyed the inclusion of Mermen, Mermaids and Sea-Fairies.
Some small pieces of good imagery, like people being made of red atoms, or the "many-sided mind", "the murmurous planets", the idea of hiding from Death like you could from a person. Generally, these poems were not particularly interesting though.
Not the fault of the source content, but this Kindle edition was pretty badly formatted and I would recommend anyone get a physical copy or a different version. Most of the time, the lines within each stanza were not separated, there weren't new pages or even line breaks separating one poem from the title of the next one, and you had to rely on capitalisation to work out where there was a new line or even a new poem. Also some strange triangle brackets instead of speech marks.
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth"
An ok collection overall, with a couple of good poems (got this after reading The Kraken online and hoping there would be some more strange poems like that one). Enjoyed the inclusion of Mermen, Mermaids and Sea-Fairies.
Some small pieces of good imagery, like people being made of red atoms, or the "many-sided mind", "the murmurous planets", the idea of hiding from Death like you could from a person. Generally, these poems were not particularly interesting though.
Not the fault of the source content, but this Kindle edition was pretty badly formatted and I would recommend anyone get a physical copy or a different version. Most of the time, the lines within each stanza were not separated, there weren't new pages or even line breaks separating one poem from the title of the next one, and you had to rely on capitalisation to work out where there was a new line or even a new poem. Also some strange triangle brackets instead of speech marks.
May 9, 2019
More sensual than intellectual.
February 14, 2016
Historical poetry, it turns out, isn't labeled very well on goodreads. The title is what I'm going for; I have no idea what the stuff in the parentheses is, and the description is of some run of the mill 'best of.' Tennyson's first volume of poems is certainly not 'best of' material: much of it is quite bad. Some of it is alright though -- particularly his 'women poems.'
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