Talk:Mariana (poem)
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- User:Ottava Rima/Mariana - Done. Ottava Rima (talk) 14:18, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
- User:Ottava Rima/The Deserted House - Need background, no lead. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:26, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
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- ... that William Britten illustrated many images from Lord Tennyson's early poems, including: a lonely woman, a corpse, a jilted lover, drug users, an odd saint, a sleeping lady, a knight, and waves?
- Hook complete. Ottava Rima (talk) 17:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:W.E.F. Britten - The Early Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Mariana.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on March 9, 2014. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2014-03-09. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 19:15, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
"Mariana" is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1830. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, though possibly drawing on influences from sources as varied as Sappho and Keats. It depicts a young woman lamenting her isolation from society, and her despair at her lover's absence, using imagery of a decaying wasteland surrounding Mariana's house to convey her emotions and isolation. The poem was well received at publication; one modern scholar described Mariana as "the most famous heroine of the 1830 volume".Photogravure illustration: W. E. F. Britten; restoration: Adam Cuerden