As I have read, Tennyson's notions of time are initially dependent upon the strict division between human time and time existing in nature, the first is linear, the second one is cyclical. ... As we can see in section 13 the poet is confused by this intertwining of dream and reality and I think that for the poet the appropriate solution is death, in order to remove this grief.  What is more, in section 95 lines 42-43 time and death appear as cause and effect; however, this relation is only true for human time. ... I agree with the opinion that Tennyson, throughout the poem, tries t...

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