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Alfred Tennyson

by Andrew Lang · 1901

Poetry · ranked #10 in category

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In writing this brief sketch of the Life of Tennyson, and this attempt to appreciate his work, I have rested almost entirely on the Biography by Lord Tennyson (with his kind permission) and on the tex

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Category
Poetry
First published
1901 · 1900s
Author
Andrew Lang
Standing
Recommended

About Poetry

Poetry concentrates language until it can carry more than ordinary prose. These are the collections worth returning to — poets who have something to say and a way of saying it that stays in the mind.

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