Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow ...

Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!" he said; Into the valley of Death Rode the ...

I would think so. Apparently, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, did not. Maybe he wanted the line to go faster — more like “Ring-out-wild-bells.” Not sure. Anyway, this poem has been set to music by ...

I was in high school when I first read Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s 1833 poem “Ulysses,” which chronicles the title character’s reflection on his years of travel, as recorded in Homer’s “Odyssey.” Though ...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate, died on 6th October 1892 at his home in Haslemere, Surrey. On 11th October the coffin was brought to Westminster Abbey and lay overnight in St Faith's chapel ...

In Memoriam's poetic cry for God. In one of Victorian Britain's most popular poems, Alfred Lord Tennyson envisions a world in which natural laws, rather than God, govern life on Earth. He is ...

Homer wrote about the Trojan War; Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Crimean War; Walt Whitman, the Civil War; Wilfred Owen, World War I. Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and ...

A hotel located in an East Midlands holiday destination that dates back to 1770 and is known for its connection to legendary poet Alfred Lord Tennyson has been placed on the market. Dating back to ...

In this episode, writer and rapper Testament and poet Jane Weir, compare the context, form and themes of the poems The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Poppies by Jane Weir.