Here it indicates Lancelot's light-heartedness. Tirra lirra: Shakespeare speaks of "The lark that tirra-lirra chants" (Winter's Tale, IV, ii, 9). Tennyson noted later: "The new-born love for something, for someone in the wide world from which she has been so long secluded, takes her out of the region of shadows into that of realities" (Memoir, I, 116-17).ġ07.
(The following notes refer to the 1842 version.)Ĭamelot: the capital of Arthur's kingdom. Tennyson is said to have got the name he uses in this poem from an Italian tale, La Donna di Scalotta, in which Camelot is located near the sea, contrary to the Celtic tradition. The name Shalott is the Astolat of the old romances. In 1859 his "Lancelot and Elaine" retells the story. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Lady of Shalott Hardcover Alfred Lord Tennyson at the best online prices at eBay Free shipping for many products Skip to main content.
This poem is Tennyson's earliest published use of the Arthurian theory and legend. First published in Poems, 1833, but much altered in 1842, as a comparison of the two versions given will show.
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