 Harold Nicolson , in 1923 , view the dreariness of Mariana and Tennyson 's other early works as an aspect that makes the early works better his later works . In T. S. Eliot 's 1936 Essays Ancient and Modern , he praises Tennyson 's ability to represent the visual , tactile , auditory , and olfactory aspects of the scene . Later in 1972 , Christopher Ricks argues that the poem is " one of Tennyson 's masterpieces in the art of the penultimate . " 
 Harold Nicolson , in 1923 , view the dreariness of Mariana and Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>other early works as an aspect <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>makes</mark></a> the early works better his later <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>works</mark></a> . In T. S. Eliot <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>1936 Essays Ancient and Modern , he <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>praises</mark></a> Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>ability to represent the visual , tactile , auditory , and olfactory aspects of the scene . Later in 1972 , Christopher Ricks <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>argues</mark></a> that the poem is " one of Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>masterpieces in the art of the penultimate . " 
Harold Nicolson , in 1923 , view da dreariness of Mariana and Tennyson  other early works as an aspect make the early works betta his later work . In T. S. Eliot  1936 Essays Ancient and Modern , he praise Tennyson  ability to represent the visual , tactile , auditory , and olfactory aspects of the scene . Later in 1972 , Christopher Ricks argue that the poem is " one of Tennyson  masterpieces in the art of the penultimate . "