"In Memoriam" is _______________?
Correct answer: B. an elegy
- A. an ode
- B. an elegy
- C. a sonnet
- D. neither
Explanation
Tennyson’s In Memoriam A.H.H. is an elegy, a poem of mourning written after the death of his friend Arthur Hallam. Its sustained grief and meditation on faith and mortality support this classification.
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