We are very thankful to everyone who all supported us, for completing this project effectively and

moreover on time.We are equally grateful to Gopal Sir .He gave us moral support and guided us in different matters regarding the topic. He had been very kind and patient while suggesting us the outlines of this

project and correcting our doubts. We thank our English teacher Gopal Sir for his overall supports.Last but not the least, We would like to thank our parents who helped us a lot in gathering different information, collecting data and guiding us from

time to time in making this project despite of their busy schedules ,they gave us different ideas in

making this project unique.

We are making this project not only for marks but to also increase our knowledge .

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO HELPED US.

THE BROOK

Born on August 6, 1809, in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England, Alfred Tennyson is one of the most well-loved Victorian poets. Tennyson, the fourth of twelve children, showed an early talent for writing. At the age of twelve he wrote a 6,000-line epic poem. Tennyson wrote a number of phrases that have become commonplaces of the English language, including: "Nature, red in tooth and claw", "It's better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all", "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die", "My strength is as the strength of ten, / Because my heart is pure", "Knowledge comes, but Wisdom lingers", and "The old order changeth, yielding place to new". He is the ninth most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare and others.In 1859, Tennyson published the first poems of Idylls of the Kings, which sold more than 10,000 copies in one month. In 1884, he accepted a peerage, becoming Alfred Lord Tennyson. Tennyson died in 1892 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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haunts: places frequently visited by

coot: a type of water bird with a white spot on the forehead

hern: heron, (another kind of water bird)

sally: emerge suddenly

bicker: (here) flow down with a lot of noise

thorpes: a village

trebles: high pitched tune

eddying: spiral movement of water

babble: sound made when one talks gaily

fallow: land left uncultivated to regain fertility

foreland: piece of land that extends into the sea

mallow: plant with hairy stems and leaves and pink, white or purple flowers

lusty trout: a big freshwater fish

grayling: another type of fish

hazel: a small tree or bush with edible nuts

forget-me-nots : a type of flower

shingly: covered with small rounded pebbles

cresses: pungent leaved plant like a cabbage