In Memoriam A.H.H.

<p><em>In Memoriam</em> by world-renown poet Alfred Tennyson is a requiem written for Tennyson’s friend Arthur who died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage. While inspired by a tragic event the work features some of Tennyson’s most popular verse. The poem not only explores themes of faith science nature and mortality it also explores Tennyson’s emotions as he grieved the loss of his friend. <em>In Memoriam</em> is a beautiful collection of spirituality existentialism the philosophy of death and nostalgia with the stages of grief being the thread of continuity throughout the requiem. As Tennyson himself said: “‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”</p>