VICTORIAN POETRY: ALFRED LORD TENNYSON AND ROBERT BROWING
Keywords:
Victorian Poetry, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Dramatic Monologue, Faith and Doubt, Modern Consciousness, Nineteenth-Century LiteratureAbstract
This article expresses the major themes, stylistic innovations, and cultural significance of Victorian poetry through the works of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning. As leading poetic voices of the Victorian era, both poets responded to the rapid industrial, scientific, and social transformations of nineteenth-century England. Tennyson’s poetry reflects the tension between faith and doubt, the search for moral stability, and the longing for spiritual meaning in an age of uncertainty. In contrast, Browning’s dramatic monologues investigate the depths of human psychology, moral complexity, and the subjective nature of truth. Together, their works reveal the richness and diversity of Victorian poetic expression — from Tennyson’s lyrical idealism and melancholy to Browning’s intellectual intensity and psychological realism. This study highlights how their poetry bridges the Romantic tradition and the emerging modern sensibility of the late nineteenth century.
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