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A review by ezrafinch
In Memoriam: Authoritative Text Criticism by Alfred Tennyson
2.0
My review is for the poem only.
This lengthy poem by Lord Tennyson was a required read for my Principles of Literary Study class, a course required for all English majors at my university. I normally would not have chosen to read this poem on my own, but it was an interesting read. Personally, I found it too dark in tone and mood - as it is a poem about the author's grief towards the death of his close friend - to enjoy reading, especially in a short amount of time (a week and a half of continuous reading and analyzing). However, there were plenty insightful sections and quotes that I had seen before but not known were from this particular piece. I certainly hadn't planned on this being my first read of 2015, but here we are.
This lengthy poem by Lord Tennyson was a required read for my Principles of Literary Study class, a course required for all English majors at my university. I normally would not have chosen to read this poem on my own, but it was an interesting read. Personally, I found it too dark in tone and mood - as it is a poem about the author's grief towards the death of his close friend - to enjoy reading, especially in a short amount of time (a week and a half of continuous reading and analyzing). However, there were plenty insightful sections and quotes that I had seen before but not known were from this particular piece. I certainly hadn't planned on this being my first read of 2015, but here we are.