What is the Victorian theme in the poem "Beautiful City" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

Beautiful city, the centre and crater of European confusion,

O you with your passionate shriek for the rights of an equal

humanity,

How often your Re-volution has proven but E-volution

Roll'd again back on itself in the tides of a civic insanity!

civil unrest

revolution

confusion

social justice

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Athena Campbell

10 September, 02:05

What is the Victorian theme in the poem "Beautiful City" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

Beautiful city, the centre and crater of European confusion,

O you with your passionate shriek for the rights of an equal

humanity,

How often your Re-volution has proven but E-volution

Roll'd again back on itself in the tides of a civic insanity!

civil unrest

revolution

confusion

social justice

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Ralph · Answer 1

In this poem, Lord Tennyson critiques Victorian society's ability to make actual progress, stating that every time they try to do so, it sort of backfires at them. While all of the mentioned themes are condensed in this short poem, the most prominent and essential one wold be Revolution due to his complain revolving completely around this topic.

Amy Bell · Answer 2

The answer is social injustice for plato.