Tenny was born in 1828 and entered the famous Cambridge University. 1829 His poem Timbuktu won the headmaster's gold medal. He became a member of a student group "Apostles" and was inspired by these companions to publish a collection of lyrics in 1830. Some critics like Marianne and several other poems in this book, but on the whole, they hold more negative comments.
Tennyson's father died in 183 1, and Tennyson left Cambridge University without a degree. The following year, he published a pamphlet called Poetry, but it was not widely accepted. The essayist Arthur Henry Haram, Tennyson's closest friend and his sister's fiance, died in 1833. Tennyson has not published his works for nearly 10 years under the double blow of losing his best friend and getting bad reviews on his works.
Poetry (two volumes, 1842) won warm welcome from critics and the public. The best poems include Beating the Coast (inspired by the death of Horem), Death of King Arthur and Locksley Hall. Tennyson's long poem Princess (1847) is related to women's rights and interests, trying to prove that women's greatest achievement is a happy marriage. (Gilberto and Sullivan adapted this poem into the farce Princess Ida. Some of Tennyson's best lyric blank poems come from the poem "Princess" which begins with "Tears, Empty Tears". Later versions added "Gently, Gently" and several other songs.