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Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892). 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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Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

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  1. Alfred Tennyson(1809-1892)

  2. 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.

  3. 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;

  4. The Eagle • Form and devices: • 1.single rhyme in each stanza—singleness and aloneness of the eagle; • 2.alliteration in the first line—the hard consonant /k/ in the three words suggests hardness of the rock and firmness of the bird;

  5. 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

  6. The Eagle • Form and devices: • 4.contrast between the two stanzas:motionlessness and thunderbolt-like action

  7. 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;

  8. Break, Break, Break • Ideas and artistic features: • 4.images and symbols; • 5.sound devices: long vowels, metrical features(anapestic+iambic+spondaic); • 6.translations of the title

  9. Third Generation of Romantics • Alfred Tennyson is like Keats: sensuousness • melancholy • Robert Browning is like Shelley:a taste for musicality

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