Why did the speaker of the poem Locksley Hall fail to marry his beloved Alfred Lord Tennyson s - Locksley Hall tells the story of the speaker s lost love Amy The speaker is an unnamed young soldier Amy was his cousin and first love In this poem the speaker shares his emotions about his lost love He could not marry Amy because of family pressure and his low social status He also thinks Amy did not love her deeply Family and Social Pressure The speaker loved his cousin Amy deeply But Amy s parents did not support this love They wanted her to marry a rich man The speaker was not rich and he was an orphan Amy s parents were more interested in money and social respect than love As the speaker says Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth Here the speaker