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    Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Alfred Lord Tennyson express in a their own way the story of Iphigenia with loyalty and betrayal woven throughout both the painting and the poem. As the Greek army was preparing to go to Troy for the Trojan war‚ when the father of Iphigenia upset the goddess Artemis because he killed a sacred deer. Artemis stopped all wind to halt the ships from sailing‚ so the ships could not sail to participate and defend their empire in the Trojan war . The only way to get the winds

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    Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson was painfully aware of the implications of such a universe‚ and he struggled with his own doubts about the existence of God. We glimpse much of his struggles in the poem In Memorial A. H. H.‚ written in memory of his deceased friend‚ Arthur Hallam. The poem seemed to be cathartic for Tennyson‚ for through its writing he not only found an outlet for his grief over Hallam ’s death‚ but also managed to regain the faith which seemed at times to have abandoned him. Tennyson regained

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    The Lady of Shalott

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    Poetry. http://www.jstor.org A Blessing Poetics and a Curse: The in of Privacy Tennyson’s ’The of Shalott" Lady JOSEPH CHADWICK IN HIS FAMOUS REVIEW of Poems‚ Chiefly Lyrical (1830)‚ Arthur Henry Hallam claims that Tennyson "belongs decidedly to the class we have . . . described as Poets of Sensation‚"1 he places his friend squarelywithin certain main currents of English Romantic aesthetics. Opposing Tennyson’s work to Wordsworth’sdiscursive‚ "reflective" poetry‚ he

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    Acres Retirement Village Thunder Bay‚ ON October 9th‚ 2013 RE: Patient Transfer—Ms. Angela Tennyson Dear Mr. Henry Madsen‚ Please consider this letter as advanced notice for receiving a patient transfer. Ms. Angela Tennyson will be transferred into your custody on October 20th‚ 2013. I am a Registered Nurse at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)‚ who has been providing care for Ms. Tennyson for the past month. I would like to see her have a smooth transition to your facility. The intent

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    In Memoriam

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    Kimberly Shen Professor Donahue Throughout “In Memoriam‚” Alfred Tennyson utilizes the passage of time to emphasize the permanence of death. Indeed‚ he alludes heavily to John Milton’s poem‚ “Methought I saw my late espoused saint‚” as a means of conveying the extent of his grief in the face of death’s finality. Although both men have lost someone close to them‚ their experiences of grief have different temporal effects in the face of loss. For Milton‚ the short-term passage of time is evidenced

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    Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem‚ “The Charge of the Light Brigade” in 1854 in order to commemorate the valiant effort and bravery of the 600 men who made a charge during Great Britain’s Crimean war effort. A year before the battle took place‚ Lord Tennyson had just been made poet laureate of Great Britain (Charge of the Light Brigade‚ History). The British were engaged in the Crimean war against Russia during this time period. The charge depicted in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” took place

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    Poetry Synthesis Essay

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    scrutiny and opinions of the public. Thereby turning a once personal experience into a public spectacle. This can either unify reader and author in the comfort that someone else has gone through the same experiences you have‚ such as In Memoriam by Tennyson‚ or it could polarise readers and expose truths that both reader and poet didn’t expect to manifest. Poetry can also be used as a tool to gain reactions from the public in the hopes of inciting social

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    within the Victorian mind. Queen Victoria once remarked that In Memoriam was her closest consolation‚ after the bible‚ following her husband’s death. This essay charts the consoling properties of In Memoriam and interrogates the notion of Tennyson as a reinventor of faith for the troubling scientific age. There is a consensus among critics‚ such as Matthes and Willey‚ that Lyell’s Principles of Geology provoked much of Tennyson’s troubling religious doubts that were to be compounded

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    Lotos Eaters and Choric Song‚ Tennyson portrays a life free from toil‚ where the mariners are in a constant dream-like state. The mariners resolve to stop wandering the seas‚ and settle in the serene‚ carefree world. Contrastingly‚ Ulysses wants to continue exploring the world and yearns for more adventure. Ulysses would consider relaxing as a waste of time‚ he constantly requires a new challenge so he can be reassured that his reputation is still intact. Tennyson provides a “tempting and seductive

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    Tennyson's Lady

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    Name Teacher AP Language 24/4/2013 Tennyson’s Lady Lord Tennyson was a famous and popular poet in England. For more than forty years- most of the Victorian era- Tennyson was the Poet Laureate‚ yet "The Lady of Shalott" was successfully published in 1839 and 1842‚ as an early work. This poem was written before Tennyson became acclaimed and popular. Without the aid of already established fame‚ “The Lady of Shalott” and Tennyson rose to become prominent characters in the English literary world

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