... been shown to be an accurate, and therefore interesting representation; it has to be shown also that it is a representation from which men can derive enjoyment. (Arnold, "Preface to Poems" 71) Poetry thus had to be both instructive and enjoyable. In a sense, Arnold shared with Carlyle the notion that the poet has a higher knowledge that s/he should communicate to ... " constitutes the ultimate "expression of the unresolved dialectic assumed to be characteristic of the early Tennyson, artistic detachment vs. social responsibility" (274). Being one of Tennyson's most famous works, "The Lad...

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