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CrossingtheBarByLordAlfredTennyson

Tennyson,themanPracticeddramatic/poeticgesturesfromanearlyage.Heknewhewouldbeapoet.Hisfather,aclergyman,encouragedhisinterestinpoetry.StudiedatCambridgeUniversity.TherehejoinedtheApostles.Hisfather’sdeathin1831broughtaboutharshtimes.

Tennyson,theman(continued)Publishedhisfirstmajorpoetryin1832.---itsmelancholythemeswereaweakimitationofKeats’language.Evenwhenhisphysicalandmentalhealthsuffered,Tennysonneverconsideredanycareerbutpoetry.Hepublishednothinginhis“tenyears’silence”