Statements (44)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Poet
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gptkbp:associatedWith |
Victorian literature
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gptkbp:awards |
Poet_Laureate_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:birthDate |
August 6, 1809
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gptkbp:bornIn |
Somersby,_Lincolnshire,_England
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gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Hallam_Tennyson
gptkb:Lionel_Tennyson Gerald_Tennyson |
gptkbp:culturalImpact |
Influenced modern poetry
Inspiration for musicians Referenced in popular culture Adaptations in film and literature Study in schools and universities |
gptkbp:deathDate |
October 6, 1892
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gptkbp:diedIn |
gptkb:Lurgashall,_West_Sussex,_England
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gptkbp:famousFor |
Lyric poetry
Narrative poetry Dramatic monologues |
gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Alfred_Lord_Tennyson
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gptkbp:genre |
Poetry
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gptkbp:honorificPrefix |
gptkb:Baron_Tennyson
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
James Tennyson
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gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:William_Wordsworth gptkb:John_Keats |
gptkbp:inspiredBy |
History
Love Mythology Nature Death |
gptkbp:language |
English
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gptkbp:notableQuote |
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
I am a part of all that I have met. The brook flows on. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die. |
gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:In_Memoriam_A.H.H.
The Charge of the Light Brigade Idylls of the King The Lady of Shalott |
gptkbp:occupation |
Poet Laureate
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gptkbp:period |
Victorian era
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
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gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Emily_Sellwood
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