Right off the bat, Tennyson uses his poem’s prose to draw parallels between it and the Arthurian Legends that inspire it.įor example, the titular ‘Lady’ is actually a stand-in for Elaine of Astola, a very popular character in Arthur. The poem’s setting and “plot” follows a fair maiden who is a prisoner in a tower on Shalott, a neighboring isle to the legendary Camelot. Through its use of Arthurian references, picturesque symbology and two alternate endings, Tennyson is able to create a meaningful, prose focused on representing the shifting ideas of his time. Written in 1832, the poem’s setting and wordplay reflects the attitudes towards women both in Tennyson’s time, as well as during the medieval setting of the poem. Relating to this is Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem The Lady of Shalott, a prime example of allegorical storytelling. This can be expressed through several forms of art namely, poetry. Most scholars have defined allegory as a narration or description in which events, actions, charact ers, setting s or objects represent specific abstractions or ideas.
Garrett Masters, Arts and Entertainment Editor
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