This essay will inform you of how Tennyson started as one of the greatest poets during the Victorian era. To start was he born on August 6, 1809, in Somersby Lincolnshire, UK, alongside with his four brothers and one sister. Unfortunately the first born,George, passed away during infancy. Although, George Tennyson, his father, tutored him and his brothers in classical and modern languages. Tennyson was always the talented one. At the age of twelve, he wrote a 6,000-line epic poem. Later George experienced mental breakdowns that involved the use of alcohol making him violent towards his family. Later Tennyson's brothers also experienced other problems’. Edward got locked up in an insane asylum, and ^ become an opium addict. Tennyson escaped
