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Alfred Lord Tennyson

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The Resume

    (August 6, 1809-October 6, 1892)
    Wrote 'The Lady of Shalott, and Other Poems (1833),' 'English Idyls, and Other Poems (1842),' 'In Memoriam A.H.H. (1850),' 'Idylls of the King (1859),' 'Enoch Arden, and Other Poems (1864),' 'Ballads, and Other Poems (1880),' 'Tiresias, and Other Poems (1885)' and 'Demeter, and Other Poems (1889)'
    Became Poet Laureate of Great Britain in 1850
    Named first Baron Tennyson in 1884

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a chain-smoker.
    He was painfully shy.
    He was thin-skinned, and once stopped publishing for ten years because of a bad review.
    When his best friend died, it took him 17 years to finish the memorial poem he wrote about it.
    He was actually Queen Victoria's fourth choice for Poet Laureate.
    He also wrote plays, which (unlike his poems) are terrible.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was modest, and refused the Queen's offer of lordship for many years.
    When he was a little boy, his grandfather gave him ten shillings for a poem he wrote, and told him it would be the only money he ever made from poetry.
    He was beaten by his teacher at school.
    For years, his girlfriend's father refused to let them get married, because Alfred's BROTHER was an opium addict.
    He spoke and read several languages, including Hebrew and Persian.
    He loved his children dearly, and was a good father.
    He outlived his beloved son Lionel.
    He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of all time.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 27.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 101 Votes: 61.39% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 44.12% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 47.73% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 86 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 132 Votes: 42.42% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 224 Votes: 41.96% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 179 Votes: 35.75% Annoying