Describe the tower in which the lady of shallot lives
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The Lady of Shallott" is a lyrical ballad by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892). Based on the medieval Donna di Scalotta, it tells the story of Elaine of Astolat, a young noble woman imprisoned in a tower on an island near Camelot. One of the poet's best-known works, its vivid medieval romanticism and enigmatic symbolism inspired many painters, especially the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers.
Like his other early poems – "Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere", and "Galahad" – the poem recasts Arthurian subject matter loosely based on medieval sources. Tennyson wrote two versions of the poem, one published in 1833, of 20 stanzas, the other in 1842, of 19 stanzas. The revised version has a significantly different ending. This revision was designed to match Victorian morals regarding gender norms and the act of suicide.