Maud, and Other Poems
Author: first_name: Alfred, Lord
last_name: Tennyson
Language: English
Year: 1859

A collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, his first book of poetry after having become poet laureate in 1850. Among the "other poems" is <i>The Charge of the Light Brigade</i>, the most well-known poem in this collection. However, the bulk of the text is the poem <i>Maud</i>, which explores love, courtship, loss, grief, and purpose through the eyes of the emotionally unstable poet narrator. (Summary by TriciaG)