Isn't it true that events in the past can later influence or influence events in the future? This is certainly demonstrated in the poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson. His nineteenth-century background is clearly evident in his poetry. The inspirations for most of his works came from people he knew, events in his life, images of trials, tribulations, love and death in the Victorian era. His literary works in Poems of Tennyson 1830-1870 and The Poems and Plays of Tennyson rigorously show the effects of his background during his adolescence and early adulthood. Tennyson was born in 1809 in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England; the fourth of twelve children (Everett). After leaving high school in 1820, his father, the rector, managed to give him a broad literary education, despite difficult family conditions (“Tennyson…”). As a precocious young man, Alfred learned to write in the styles of John Milton and Alexander Pope, as well as establishing an exceptional understanding of Elizabethan dramatic verse (Everett). William Wallace Robson states that during Tennyson's early adolescence, "Lord Byron was a dominating influence on young Tennyson" (Robson). This influence gave rise to the young Tennyson's The Devil and the Lady, an unpublished collection of poems, subsequently published in 1930 with clear inspiration from his favorite childhood writers. Perhaps Tennyson's father should have been an English teacher instead of a priest. While at the rectory, Tennyson's sons found their own resources. In this connection, it is said: "All Tennyson's writers emphasize the influence of the Lincolnshire countryside on his poetry: the plain, the sea around his house, "the sandy ridge of heaped hills surrounding the sea, "and. ..... middle of paper ...... on the war, the influence of this historical part of his Victorian era background certainly facilitated his fame and success. Mesmerized by his environment and culture,. Tennyson used everything he could from his life experiences to compose poems with relevance and meaning to his time, which could also fit into the future I publish new perspectives on particular issues of his era, and deeper into ours. From death, depression and war, to love and ecstasy, Tennyson used what he was most familiar with to write lyrical verse that is easily understood. . His poetic works in Poems of Tennyson 1830-1870 and The Poems and Plays of Tennyson show the myriad ways in which his background during adolescence and adulthood influenced his overall literary achievements..