The Palace of Art

"The Palace of Art" is a 1832 (revised 1842) poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. In the poem a man constructs a palace of art for his soul with any amount of art. The art of the palace and its gardens deals with sacred, secular and irreligious themes, the moral value appears irrelevant and only the artistic value matters. The builder converses figuratively with his soul, referred to as she from the Latin anima. The builder’s soul at first likes the palace but later tires of it and asks for a cottage where she can purge her guilt.

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The Palace of Art, Alfred Lord Tennyson (An online text with commentary)

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson

Early poetry	"The Deserted House" "The Lady of Shalott" The Lotos-Eaters Mariana Oenone

Poetry	"Break, Break, Break" "The Charge of the Light Brigade" The Day-Dream "Godiva" Idylls of the King In Memoriam A.H.H. Lady Clara Vere de Vere "Locksley Hall" "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" "The Palace of Art" The Princess Sir Galahad St. Simeon Stylites "Tears, Idle Tears" The Two Voices "Ulysses"

Late poetry	"Crossing the Bar" "The Eagle" "Enoch Arden" "Flower in the crannied wall" Maud "Ring Out, Wild Bells" "Tithonus"

Other works	The Foresters (play) The Window (song cycle)

Related	Chapel House, Twickenham Farringford House Blackdown, West Sussex

People	Arthur Hallam (friend) Emily Tennyson (wife) Hallam Tennyson (son) Lionel Tennyson (grandson) Charles Tennyson (grandson) Emilia Tennyson (sister) Charles Tennyson Turner (brother) Frederick Tennyson (brother)

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