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rebeccazh's review against another edition
Only read certain lyric sections for my course; some of the lyric sections were lovely and really stayed with me. Others, less so.
chinchillameggy1's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
ed_moore's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
In Memoriam is a collection of 130 poems written following the early death of Tennyson's friend Arthur Henry Hallam. The poems explore mainly grief, but also nature and an interesting debate between science and religion of which was flourishing at the time Tennyson was writing.
Each individual poem I have few complaints with, however I found that reading 130 of them in succession soon became a droll and at heart they are all Tennyson mourning therefore I often zoned out while reading I'd best recommend reading them individually, or in small groups, even if they do order into somewhat of a narrative. I just had to read them all for the purpose of my degree!
marijnboomars's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
1.5
The poem had some beautiful lines and images but overall I did not like the poem as it did not evoke the emotional I expected and hoped for. Moreover, I found the reflections on science and religion tiresome and conservative.
booknerd85's review against another edition
5.0
This is still one of the best poems I've ever read. My favorite part is number 6: "One writes, that 'Other friends remain'".