• Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem 'The Lotos Eaters'. - The poem is based on an episode in Book 9 of Homer’s Odyssey. - Odysseus’s sailors, returning home after the fall of Troy, are forced to land in a strange country after a strong wind propels them past the island of Cythera. The inhabitants, “the mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters,” are sustained solely on the fruit of the lotus plant. - The sailors, too, eat the fruit and lose all desire to continue their journey.
• Lord Alfred Tennyson was a famous Victorian Poet. - He is best known for his melodious language. - He represented the Victorian Age.
• His famous poems: - Oenone, - Ulysses, - Lotus Eaters, - Locksley Hall, - Tears Idle Tears, - Tithonus, - The Two Voices, - The Lady of Shalott, - Vision of Sin, - Morte D'Arthur etc.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.