Monster Essays - The Tatyana Caste
The Tatyana caste
Gregorik Andras AN212
'...Just as the storm clouds often slay
The scarcely breathing new born day.' 1
One of the most popular of Tennyson's poems, The Lady of Shalott relates the tragic story of an extremely lonely young lady longing for a soulmate. A poem of "technical virtuosity, inspired landscape-painting based on precise observation, and a dreamworld of artistic beauty denying the commonplace"2, "turning to beauty as a possibility of a more complete life"3, it is one of the highlights of the author's early years.
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