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- উক্তিটি তাঁর বিখ্যাত কবিতা - 'Morte d Arthur' এর অন্তর্গত।
• 'Morte d Arthur':
- It is one of the most famous poetic creation of - Alfred Tennyson.
- The central theme of Le Morte d'Arthur is loyalty and its expression in chivalry.
- অর্থাৎ, কবিতার মূল বিষয়বস্তু হচ্ছে - আনুগত্য এবং বীরত্ব এর অভিব্যক্তি।
- কবিতাটিতে বলা হয়েছে রাজার প্রতি আনুগত্যই হচ্ছে একজন নাইট (Knight) এর জীবনের মূল উপাদান এবং উদ্দেশ্য।
- It opens in the wake of Arthur's final battle, where Arthur lies mortally wounded, and is accompanied by Sir Bedivere. '
• Tennyson এর কিছু বিখ্যাত উক্তি হলো -
• From the poem 'Ulysses':
- To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
- I am a part of all that I have met.
- I will never rest from travels
I will drink life to the lees.
- Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.'
• From the poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade':
- Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die.
- Into the Valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
• From the poem 'Morte D Autther':
- The old order changeth, yielding place to new.
- Authority forget a dying king.
- More things are wrought out by prayers.
- Sorrows are the best educator.
• From the poem 'Tithonus':
- The woods decay, the woods decay and fall’.
• From the poem 'Lotos Eaters':
- Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
- Death is the end of life, Ah!
Why should life all labour be.
• From - Harold: A Drama:
- A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
• From The Princess:
- Better not be at all than not be noble.
- Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.
• From Merlin and Viviene:
- Who are wise in love, love most, say least.
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• Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892):
- তিনি হলেন Victorian Period এর অন্যতম কবি যাকে এই যুগের Chief representative হিসাবে ধরা হয়।
- তাঁর melodious language এর জন্য তিনি অনেক প্রসিদ্ধ এবং তাঁকে Lyric Poet বলা হয়ে থাকে।
- তিনি ১৮৫০ সালে ইংল্যান্ডের Poet Laureate নিযুক্ত হোন।
• Famous Poems:
- The Charge of the Light Brigade,
- The Lady of Shalott,
- Crossing the Bar,
- In Memoriam A.H.H.,
- The Lotos-Eaters,
- Tithonus,
- Ulysses,
- Break, Break, Break,
- Mariana,
- The Kraken,
- Tears, Idle Tears,
- The Eagle,
- Oenone,
- Poems, Chiefly Lyrical,
- Locksley Hall,
- Idylls of the King,
- The Two Voices,
- Enoch Arden,
- Sir Galahad,
- The Higher Pantheism,
- A Dream of Fair Women,
- Mariana in the South,
- St. Simeon Stylites,
- Godiva,
- The Princess,
- Lady Clara Vere de Vere, etc.
Famous Comdies:
- Queen Marry,
- The Falcon.
• অন্যদিকে,
• ‘Morte d' Arthur’ is the first romance in prose written by - Sir Thomas Malory.
- এটি হচ্ছে ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের প্রথম English prose version of the Arthurian legend.
Source: Britannica and bbc.com