1. Poetry of Victorian Era Poets
How far does Tennyson's "In Memoriam" reflect the spirit of the Victorian Age? ... It was composed as an elegy to his friend, Hallam, who died at the age of 22 from a fever. ... The poet refers to God like full of immortal love and "we", human being, have faith, although we have not proofs of the existence of God. But in the following lines, the poet contradicts what he had said before in the first stanza, "we have but faith" and he writes that it is just for knowledge and trust that we believe in things we see "it comes from thee", moreover in line 22 when man has no fear, "we mock...
- Word Count: 5237
- Approx Pages: 21
- Grade Level: High School