Text of section V here.Text of section VI here. Sec. V: a self-reflexive song that recalls the Prologue’s plea for forgiveness. But it also responds
Month: October 2021
Reading Aloud (#42): Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam [Secs. II–IV]
Text of section II here.Text of section III here.Text of section IV here. Three remarkable sections that give three very different textures to the speaker’s grief:
Reading Aloud (#41): Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam [Sec. I]
Text of section I here. A heartbreaking and heartbroken lyric that looks to grief as a way to sustain a feeling (?) that seems vulnerable
Reading Aloud (#40): Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam [Prologue]
Link to “Prologue” Text I’ve had Tennyson on the mind for several years now, and this interest (attachment?) has intensified since my dad died this