A Critical Analysis Of Tension's In Memorial A. H. H.
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During the Victorian Period, long held and comfortable religious
beliefs fell under great scrutiny. An early blow to these beliefs came
from the Utilitarian, followers of Jeremy Bantam, in the form of a test by
reason of many of the long-standing institutions of England, including the
church. Wh ....
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.... replaced by the vision of
a cold, mechanistic universe that cared little for our existence.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson was painfully aware of the implications of
such a universe, and he struggled with his own doubts about the existence
of God. We glimpse much of his struggles in the poem In Memorial A. H. H.,
written in memory of his deceased friend, Arthur Hallam. The poem seemed
to be cathartic for Tennyson, for through its writing he not only found an
outlet for his grief over Hallam's death ....
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