![]() Later that year, Tennyson enrolled at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he won the chancellor's gold medal for his poem “Timbuctoo” in 1829. Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, published in 1830, was well received and marked the beginning of Tennyson's literary career. Another collection, Poems, appeared in 1832 but was less favorably reviewed, many critics praising Tennyson's artistry but objecting to what they considered an absence of intellectual substance. The latter volume was published at the urging of Arthur Hallam, a brilliant Cambridge undergraduate who had become Tennyson's closest friend and was an ardent admirer of his poetry. Hallam's enthusiasm was welcomed by Tennyson, whose personal circumstances had led to a growing despondency. ![]() His father died in 1831, leaving Tennyson's family in debt and forcing his early departure from Trinity College.
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