TITLE:
Comparative Study of Alfred Tennyson and Ahmed Shawqi
AUTHORS:
Rehab Ibrahim Mohammed, Abdalatif Mamoun Hassan
KEYWORDS:
Poet, Poem, Similar, Difference-Poetry
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.5,
May
16,
2023
ABSTRACT: This study explored and discussed the poetry of
Alfred Lord Tennyson, considered to be the greatest English poet and the third
greatest English writer, and Ahmed Shawqi, the greatest poet in modern Arabic
literature. This study discussed the poets’ biographies to provide a historical
background before turning to their literary works. By looking at their works,
we discover similarities and differences between the poets. The poets’ early
lives were significantly similar. On the one
hand, Tennyson was close to the Royal English Family. Whereas, Shawqi
grew up in Egyptian Royal Palace with kings and queens, for whom he wrote
elegies. A significant difference between them is that Shawqi was an only
child, while Tennyson was the fourth son of nine children. Concerning their
literary work, both were prominent writers who mastered the craft of creation and created poetry unique in terms of
length and quality. We discovered that the poets composed elegies for
kings and their beloved people. Shawqi wrote an elegy for his father, while
Tennyson did not.