id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1556 Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Wikipedia .html text/html 5543 597 73 Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes, such as "Ulysses", although "In Memoriam A.H.H." was written to commemorate his friend Arthur Hallam, a fellow poet and student at Trinity College, Cambridge, after he died of a stroke at the age of 22.[3] Tennyson also wrote some notable blank verse including Idylls of the King, "Ulysses", and "Tithonus". In 1884 Victoria created him Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight.[17] He took his seat in the House of Lords on 11 March 1884.[7] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1556.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1556.txt