Early life

Alfred Tennyson was an famous and important poet, he born

in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England

His father, was rector of Somersby (1807–1831), Tennyson with two of

his brothers liked to write poetry in their teens and a collection of
poems by all three was published locally when Alfred was only 17.

Education and first publication

Tennyson studied at King Edward VI Grammar
School, He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1827.
Arthur Henry Hallam and William Henry Brookfield, were his
closest friends.
His first publication was a collection of "his boyish rhymes and
those of his elder brother Charles" entitled Poems by Two
Brothers, published in 1827.

Struggles of a Poet

After leaving Cambridge, Tennyson had remained close to Arthur

Tennyson had remained close to Arthur Hallam, who had fallen in

love with Tennyson's sister Emily. When Hallam died suddenly in
1833, likely from a stroke, it was a devastating loss for the poet and
his family.