U8 L10 Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Question 1

Did Tennyson read and write poetry at an early age?

Answer 1

yes

Question 2

What College did Tennyson go to in 1827? What did he become acquainted with there?

Answer 2

Trinity College, romantic Poetry

Question 3

What was Tennyson’s primary concern?

Answer 3

problems of his society

Question 4

Before 1850, was Tennyson wealthy and his works succesful?

Answer 4

no

Question 5

Who did Tennyson marry? Only until which year could he marry her?

Answer 5

• Emily Sellwood

- 1850

Question 6

Arthur Hallam, Tennyson’s friend, died on what year?

Answer 6

1833

Question 7

When did Tennyson publish ‘In Memoriam’, and what was it about?

Answer 7

• 1850
• elegy for Hallam
• able to accept his death after examination of his faith

Question 8

From 1850 onward, was Tennyson’s personal and profession life successful?

Answer 8

yes

Question 9

What is ambivalence?

Answer 9

having conflicting feelings about a person, thing, situation

Question 10

What are the Victorian conflicts that appear in Tennyson’s work?

Answer 10

• faith and science
• progress and past
• social morality and artistic creation
• one’s desires and dutires

Question 11

Unlike Keats, what was Tennyson’s attitude towards conflicts?

Answer 11

agonized his inability to solve conflicts

Question 12

The function of () is also important in Tennyson’s works

Answer 12

art

Question 13

Among the most characteristic traits of Tennyson’s poetry is his what?

Answer 13

ambivalence

Question 14

What kind of poetry did Tennyson write?

Answer 14

• didactic
• poet as prophet and teacher
• instruct society

Question 15

Tennyson’s understanding of the role of the poet resembles who?

Answer 15

Shelley’s

Question 16

At times, Tennyson wished to avoid social duties and to pursue what?

Answer 16

aesthetic, spiritual aspect of poetry

Question 17

Tennyson was () in his choice of subjects, poetic forms, and techniques

Answer 17

traditional

Question 18

What does resplendent mean?

Answer 18

shining brightly, splendid

Question 19

What does Flower In the Crannied Wall talk about?

Answer 19

mystery of life

Question 20

What is Break, Break, Break about?

Answer 20

first lyrical expression of grief of Hallam

Question 21

What does the Latin words ‘In Memoriam’ translate into?

Answer 21

in memory of

Question 22

What does ‘In Memoriam’ primarily deal with?

Answer 22

• Tennyson’s reaction to Hallam’s death

- progression from bewilderment, grief, doubt, acceptance

Question 23

What Victorian conflict does ‘In Memoriam’ consider?

Answer 23

religious belief and scientific discoveries

Question 24

What popular theory does ‘In Memoriam’ allude to?

Answer 24

survival of the fittest

Question 25

By the end of ‘In Memoriam’, what triumphs over Tennyson’s doubts?

Answer 25

faith

Question 26

What does Tennyson learn in ‘In Memoriam’?

Answer 26

not to rely on personal observation or scientific reasoning

Question 27

What is the song ‘Sweet and Low’ from?

Answer 27

The Princess

Question 28

What is ‘The Princess’ about?

Answer 28

• long narrative poem

- role of Victorian woman in society and education

Question 29

What poem did Tennyson request to have it appear at the end of all editions of his work?

Answer 29

Crossing the Bar

Question 30

What is the Bar referred to in ‘Crossing the Bar’?

Answer 30

sandbar blocking ships from exiting harbor