Tennyson a real genius or merely a man
Alfred lord Tennyson's work has been read in the classroom but some critics believe that his work was not orchestrated nor planned; some even imply that he had little idea of what he was doing. Personally I believe that he is a talented writer who has been underestimated because of his early works.
In the poem "Tears Idle Tears" the first two lines have a great example of ambiguity (Ruby 225). Tennyson tells how the tears are idle this but could be interpreted a number of different ways (Ruby 225) (Brooks 248). Because of the word idle has so many de…
