( Alfred Tennyson 1809–92)
an English poet known especially for his long narrative poems (= ones that tell a story). He made his reputation with the poem In Memoriam , which he wrote after the sudden death of his close friend Arthur Hallam and published in 1850. The same year he was made Poet Laureate . His other well-known poems include The Lady of Shalott , Maud , Idylls of the King and The Charge of the Light Brigade . He was made a baron in 1884.