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Readers who enjoy melodic verse, Arthurian legend, Greek myth and quiet English landscapes will love this collection. It also suits admirers of Keats and Coleridge and anyone curious about poetic craft.
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What if a young poet's first books were so flawed that he fell silent for nine years, then rebuilt them line by line? That is the story behind this collection of the poems Alfred, Lord Tennyson published in 1830 and 1832, with the two volumes of 1842 that made his name.
Mariana waits in her moated grange, Ulysses turns his ship toward the sunset, and the Lady of Shalott weaves a web of shadows. Notes show where each poem's ideas came from and how the wording changed. You will hear how one writer taught himself to make a line sing.
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- 1Three periods of work meet in one bookFree
- 2Nine quiet years rebuilt the young poet
- 3Portraits of women show his gift for mood
- 4Lonely women and doomed lovers carry deep feeling
- 5Shalott and the dream show art set against life
- 6Classical stories become poems about choice
- 7Four poems weigh the cost of a wrong life
- 8English village tales make ordinary life shine
- 9Short songs and ballads carry the plainest feeling
- 10Sound, learning and purpose explain the lasting power
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Three periods of work meet in one book
The poems come from three stages of Tennyson's life. Some he wrote as a boy and published in 1830. Some belong to early manhood and appeared at the end of 1832. The rest he wrote between thirty-one and thirty-four, and they reached print in 1842.
The first book held fifty-six pieces, among them Claribel, Mariana and The Kraken. The second held thirty, including The Lady of Shalott and The Lotos Eaters. In 1842 came Morte d'Arthur, Ulysses, Locksley Hall and Sir Galahad.
The eighth printing, in 1853, counts as the final form of the text. The edition includes suppressed poems and records variant readings, so a reader can follow changes from early publication to settled shape. Notes point out echoes of Homer, Virgil, Dante, Shakespeare and Keats. Read the whole as one poet's growth from lyrical boyhood to a confident voice.
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Questions about Die frühen Gedichte von Alfred Lord Tennyson
What are Tennyson's early poems about?
They cover love, loneliness, grief, duty and the pull between pleasure and purpose. Some retell Greek myths and Arthurian tales, some paint English country life, and many are short songs and portraits built on mood, image and sound.
Who is Mariana in Tennyson's poem?
Mariana is a woman waiting in a crumbling moated grange for a lover who does not come. The idea comes from a line in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, and Tennyson gave her a second poem, Mariana in the South.
What is The Lotos Eaters about?
It is based on the Odyssey. Sailors reach a land of endless afternoon where the people give them lotos fruit. The poem sets the pull of rest and forgetfulness against the call of home and effort.
When were these poems written and published?
The poems appeared in volumes dated 1830, 1833 (issued at the end of 1832) and 1842, with later additions up to 1853. They were written between Tennyson's boyhood and his mid thirties, and many were revised along the way.
What is the main message of The Palace of Art?
The poem warns that beauty and knowledge pursued in proud isolation lead to despair. A speaker builds his soul a splendid house apart from other people, and her peace breaks down until she longs for a humbler life.
Cite this edition
Tennyson, Alfred. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-early-poems-of-alfred-lord-tennyson.
Tennyson, A. (2026). The early poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-early-poems-of-alfred-lord-tennyson
Tennyson, Alfred. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-early-poems-of-alfred-lord-tennyson.
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