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Tennysonian

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Ten·ny·son  (tn-sn), Alfred. First Baron Tennyson. Known as Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 1809-1892.
British poet whose works, including In Memoriam (1850) and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1854), reflect Victorian sentiments and aesthetics. He was appointed poet laureate in 1850.
Tenny·soni·an (-sn-n) adj.
Tennysonian [ˌtɛnɪˈsəʊnɪən]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of, relating to, or reminiscent of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the English poet (1809-92)
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a follower or admirer of Tennyson
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I already knew pretty well the origin of the Tennysonian line in English poetry; Wordsworth, and Keats, and Shelley; and I did not come to Tennyson's worship a sudden convert, but my devotion to him was none the less complete and exclusive.
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She had never been tormented by womanhood, and she had lived in a dreamland of Tennysonian poesy, dense even to the full significance of that delicate master's delicate allusions to the grossnesses that intrude upon the relations of queens and knights.
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