Alfred Lord Tennyson was a poet of the United Kingdom during the reign of Queen Victoria. He is also one of the most known (After Shakespeare, Tennyson is the second most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations) poets in English Literature. Tennyson continued traditions of Romantic Movement. His theme ranged from medieval legends to classical myths.

Alfred Tennyson was born on 6 August 1809, in Somersby, a village in Lincolnshire, England. His father, George Clayton Tennyson, was a country clergyman, occupying the position of the rector at Somersby, Benniworth and Bag Enderby. Alfred’s mother, Elizabeth nee Fytche. The family was very large Alfred was the fourth of his parents twelve children, but only eight ware live; his second and third elder brothers, Frederick Tennyson and Charles Tennyson Turner, were also poets. That apart, Alfred had four brothers and four sisters, younger to him.

Alfred’s father, George Clayton Tennyson kept a large library and took care to educate his children Young Alfred began to write poetries from a very early age. In 1816, Alfred began his education at King Edward VI Grammar School, a boarding school located in Louth, Lincolnshire. In 1820, when his father began to suffer from frequent mental breakdown, Alfred was back to be tutored at home.

For higher education Tennyson left the home; to attend Trinity College at the University of Cambridge with his two brothers Frederick and Charles. Tennyson and his brothers Frederick and Charles published Poems by Two Brothers in 1827 and became well-known at the college, winning prizes for poetry.

In 1830 Tennyson published Poems, Chiefly Lyrical. The volume included poems such as "Mariana," "The Kraken," and "Ode to Memory." "Mariana" is one of Tennyson's most famous works. In 1832 Tennyson published Poems, which included "The Lady of Shalott," "The Lotos-Eaters," "The Palace of Art," and "Oenone."

Tennyson became engaged to a young woman, Emily Sellwood, but could not continue, to break off the engagement in 1840 . In 1847 he published "The Princess: A Medley,". A government pension in 1845 give help to reduce his financial streace, and he married Emily in 1850. In 1850 he published  In Memoriam anonymously. that poem brought Tennyson a great deal of fame and money. After the death of Wordsworth , in 1850 he was made Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.

Alfred's and Emily's first son, Hallam, was born in 1852, and a year later they established a home in Farringford. A second son, Lionel, was born in 1854. "Maud, and Other Poems" was published in 1855, The Idylls of the King was published in 1859 He was awarded honorary degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh, Lord Tennyson was frequently ill throughout the 1880s. He suffered immensely once again when his son Lionel died at age 32 in 1886. On October 6, 1892, Tennyson died.

Alfred Tennyson is best remembered for his following work.

‘The Brook’, ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade, ‘Tears, Idle Tears’, ‘Crossing the Bar’ .‘Idylls of the King’, ‘Ulysses’, and ‘Tithonus’. ‘In the valley of Cauteretz’, ‘Break, Break, Break’, ‘In Memoriam A.H.H.’ “Nature, red in tooth and claw”, “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”,“Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers”, “The old order changeth, yielding place to new”.