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In memoriam

By Alfred Tennyson Tennyson

(3.5 stars) β€’ 10 reviews

A heartbreaking loss prompts a journey through sorrow and faith, seeking solace in love's enduring power beyond the grave.

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2023-06-09
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"In Memoriam" by Alfred Lord Tennyson is a long poem from the 1800s that honors Tennyson's friend, Arthur Hallam, who died young. The poem thinks deeply about love, sadness, death, and the possibility of meeting again after death. It looks at big ideas like mortality, and how touching human relationships can be. The poem starts with feelings of sadness and deep thought after Hallam's death. It talks to God about faith, love, and trying to understand why such a loss happened. The speaker thinks about grief, how hard it is to accept death, and misses the friendship that's gone. Tennyson mixes personal sadness with bigger questions about life and fairness, making the poem emotionally powerful from start to finish.

About the Author

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson,, was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume. Although described by some critics as overly sentimental, his poems ultimately proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

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