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The Bond of Arthur Hallam and Alfred Tennyson

By: Jillian Bost

Arthur Hallam and Alfred Tennyson met in 1829 at Cambridge University when they were eighteen and nineteen. They took to each other instantly and forged a lifelong bond. more...

The Life of Arthur Henry Hallam

By: Jillian Bost

Any story of 19th-century British poet Arthur Henry Hallam is short. He only lived to be twenty-two. But he made an impact on British poetry and Alfred Tennyson forever. more...

Carol Ann Duffy – British Feminist Poet

By: James Parsons

Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's new Poet Laureate, is the first woman, the first Scot and the first openly gay person to hold the honour in the 341 year history of the role. more...

Robert Burns

By: Rosemary Gemmell

Robert Burns is world famous as a farmer and poet of the people, yet a large part of his adventurous life was spent as a respectable government Exciseman. more...

Spike Milligan – Summer Dawn – Have A Nice Day

By: Martin G. Wood

While not fully heavy, the tone of Summer Dawn and Have a Nice Day is more melancholic; proving the old maxim, the best comedy is born of great tragedy. more...

Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock

By: Carrie Prefontaine

Arguably Pope's most famous poem, "The Rape of the Lock" is a satirical and funny mock-epic poem. more...

The Father of English Hymnody

By: Anya Laurence

He was never physically strong and was mentally unstable at times, yet he wrote some of the most glorious hymns in history. more...

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