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The Poetic and Dramatic works of Alfred Tennyson

 
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Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, although In Memoriam A.H.H. was written to commemorate his best friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and classmate at Trinity College, Cambridge, who was engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a cerebral hemorrhage before they were married. 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.

Partial list of works:
From Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830): The Dying Swan, The Kraken, Mariana, Lady Clara Vere de Vere (1832), From Poems (1833): The Lotos-Eaters, The Lady of Shalott (1832, 1842), From Poems (1842): Locksley Hall, Tithonus, Vision of Sin
The Two Voices (1834), "Ulysses" (1833), The Princess (1847) , "Tears, Idle Tears", In Memoriam A.H.H. (1849), Ring Out, Wild Bells (1850), The Eagle (1851), The Sister's Shame, The Charge of the Light Brigade (1854) - an early recording exists of Tennyson reading this, Maud (1855/1856), Enoch Arden (1862/1864), Flower in the crannied wall (1869), The Window - Song cycle with Arthur Sullivan. (1871), Harold (1876) - began a revival of interest in King Harold, Idylls of the King (composed 1833-1874), Locksley Hall Sixty Years After (1886), Crossing the Bar (1889), The Foresters - a play with incidental music by Arthur Sullivan (1891), Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - it appeared as a song in the film Vanity Fair, with musical arrangement by Mychael Danna

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