Tennyson’s “In Memoriam” wrestles with the death of the poet’s closest friend, a death that pushed Tennyson into a bout of depression and an immense wallowing sorrow. But the poem is also an attempt to draw near the transformative power of love—a love that turns the cold and bleak midwinter into the high noon of summer… (essay by Paul Krause)

Source: Memory, Love, and Eternity in Tennyson’s “In Memoriam” ~ The Imaginative Conservative

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