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3 unusual facts about Arthur Hallam


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Arthur Hallam (1811–1833), English poet, the subject of Alfred Tennyson's poem In Memoriam A.H.H.

An Eton Poetry Book

The editors introduce this section by admitting that "the trochaic metre has not by itself played an important part in our literature ... Tennyson wrote 'Locksley Hall' in trochaics because Mr Hallam told him that the English people liked the metre, but it is very doubtful if he was right."

Locksley Hall

The University of Toronto library identifies this form as "the old 'fifteener' line," quoting Tennyson, who claimed it was written in trochaics because the father of his friend Arthur Hallam suggested that the English liked the meter.


Church of St Andrew, Clevedon

It is the burial place of Arthur Hallam, subject of the poem In Memoriam A.H.H. by his friend Alfred, Lord Tennyson.


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