The Princess

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Man for the field and woman for the hearth:
Man for the sword and for the needle she:
Man with the head and woman with the heart:
Man to command and woman to obey;
All else confusion.

Alfred Tennyson

The Princess

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Patriarchy Gender roles Gender relations Men and women

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

The Princess

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. The Princess. London: Edward Moxon, 1847, pt. 5, I. 437.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Princess." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 5, I. 437.

Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy Autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.

Alfred Tennyson

The Princess

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Looking back Changing of seasons Passage of time Melancholy

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

The Princess

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. The Princess. London: Edward Moxon, 1847, pt. 4.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Princess." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 4.

Man is the hunter; woman is his game.

Alfred Tennyson

The Princess

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Gender relations Men and women

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

The Princess

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. The Princess. London: Edward Moxon, 1847, pt. 5, I. 147.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Princess." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 5, I. 147.