Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Tennyson was so hurt by some of the reviews of his 1832 volume Poems, in which he published part of what later became “The Passing of Arthur” (“The Morte d’Arthur”) that he refrained from publishing again for nine years. (Source.)
Tennyson became the Poet Laureate of England in 1850, succeeding William Wordsworth. Way to go, Tenny. (Source.)