90Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred,LordTennyson(1809-1892)AlfredTennysonwasPoetLaureate（桂冠诗人）oftheUnitedKingdomduringmuchofQueenVictoria'sreignandremainsoneofthemostpopularpoetsintheEnglishlanguage.Contents2341Introduction：HisLifeMajorWorksArtisticFeaturePositionandAchievementsHisLife1809--BornatSomersbyRectory，Lincolnshire,fourthsonoftherector.1827--PoembyTwoBrothers(Tennyson’searliestpublicationincollaborationwithhisbrotherCharles.)--EnteredCambridge.AtCambridgeTennysonmetArthurHenryHallam,whobecamehisclosestfriend.1830--Publishedhisfirstvolume1831--LeaveCambridge1832--PublishedhissecondvolumeTheMiller’sDaughter（磨坊主的女儿）TheMayQueen（五月女王）HebeganhislongseriesofidyllsofEnglishlife.notwellreceived1836--WenttolivenearLondon,for10yearshepublishednothing1842--Cameforthwith2volumesTennyson’sfameestablished1847--ThePrincesspublished1850--InMemoriampublished.--AppointedPoetLaureateinsuccessiontoWilliamWordsworth.--MarriedEmilySellwood.Theyhadtwosons,HallamTennyson，namedafterhisfriendandLionel.1859-1885--IdyllsoftheKing（国王之歌）In1884wasmadeabaron,sohassincebeencalledLordTennyson.TennysonwithhiswifeEmily(1813-1896)andhissonsHallam(1852-1928)andLionel(1854-1886).Alfred,LordTennysonisburiedin“Poets’Corner”,WestminsterAbbey,London,England.BurialStoneofAlfredTennysonDiedonOct.6,1892,Aldworth,SurreyTennysonStatueatLincolnCathedralDesignedbyGeorgeFrederickWatts.StatueofLordTennysoninthechapelofTrinityCollege,Cambridge.MajorWorks•TheLadyofShallot（1832）《夏洛蒂小姐》•TheLotus-Eaters（1832）《食荷花人》•TheMiller’sDaughter（1832）《磨坊主的女儿》•TheMayQueen（1832）《五月女王》•Break,Break,Break（1842）《碎了，碎了，碎了》•Ulysses（1842）《尤利西斯》•ThePrincess（1847）《公主》Aboutthehigheducationofwomen•InMemoriam（1850）《悼念》•TheChargeoftheLightBrigade（1855）《轻骑兵进击》•TheIdyllsoftheKing（1859-1888）《国王诗歌集》•CrossingtheBar《过沙洲》Break,Break,Break•Thepoemdescribesfeelingsoflossandtherealizationthatthereissomethingbeyondthecycleoflifeanddeath.•Inthispoem,thepoet’sownfeelingsofgriefstandsinsharpcontrastwiththecarefree,innocentjoysofthechildrenandtheapatheticmotionoftheshipandthewaves.MourningthedeathofhisfriendArthurHallam,expressinghisthoughtsontheproblemsoffaith,life,death,andimmortality.InMemoriamCrossingtheBarTennyson’sBest-knownShortPoems•ThispoemwaswritteninthelateryearsofTennyson’slife.Wecanfeelhisfearlessnesstowardsdeath,hisfaithinGodandanafterlife.TheArtofTennyson'sPoetry1.Usedawiderangeofsubjectmatter（medievallegends，classicalmyths，domesticsituations，etc.);2.Skilledinthelyric,thedramaticmonologue;3.PerfectcontrolofthesoundofEnglishandconsummatechoiceandtasteinwords.ArtisticFeatures1.Alyriconthelossofyouth,innocenceandhappiness;2.Deepgrief,sincerefeelings;3.Smoothnessofrhythm,musicaleffect;4.Imagesandsymbols;5.Sounddevices:longvowels,metricalfeatures.PositionandAchievements•TennysonisthemostrepresentativepoetofVictorianage.HehasperfectcontrolofthesoundofEnglish.HisworksarenotonlytheproductsofthecreativeimaginationofapoeticgeniusbutalsoproductsofalongandrichEnglishheritage.•TennysonwasseverelycriticizedbyImagistpoetsintheearlytwentiethcenturyforhisaffection.Quotations（语录）•Tostrive,toseek,tofindandnottoyield.奋斗吧，追求吧，去寻觅，不要放弃。•Theirsnottoreasonwhy,theirsbuttodoanddie.他们不去追问原因，他们只是奋斗至死。•Thisbettertohavelovedandlostthannevertohavelovedatall.爱过，又失去爱，好过从未爱过。•Whoarewiseinlove,lovemost,sayleast.懂爱的人，爱的多，说的少。•Aliethatishalf-truthisthedarkestofalllies.半真半假的谎言是最坏的谎言。•IamapartofallthatIhavemet.我的经历，就是我的一部分。•Formanismanandmasterofhisfate.人就是人，是自己命运的主人。贰零壹贰谢谢观赏