In my study of travel narratives written during the Great Irish Famine I devote half of Chapter 6 to Tennyson’s visit to Aubrey de Vere’s Limerick family seat Curragh Chase during the Famine. Here -among other things-I argue that The Princess storyline is in part an allegory for the relationship between Ireland and England.
Considering the horrendous poverty of the majority of the British people at this time English poets seem to have lived lives of comfort and privilege. The narrator says that Tennyson was now poor - I think that the common man or woman would have replied that "We should be so poor". I've noticed that those who purport to despise 'materialism' themselves live in very comfortable circumstances.
I just bought a book by him at a yard sale. it was copyright 1892, the year he died I guess. Looking to sell it. Its in mint condition. (for the age) i think it might be worth a pretty penny. then again maybe i wll keep it.
Thanks for this video. What is the title of the poem with "June on many a flower reposes many a blossom May discloses but in Autumn unto me blooms a rose the rose of roses..." ?
Last Christmas I received a collection of his poems from 1870, since I collect antique books. He is now unequivocally my favorite poet. Far ahead of his time in my opinion, or maybe just the right time to influence the people he has. I write music and he has definitely influenced my phrasing.
