Alfred Lloyd Tennyson achieved immortality through poetry

The world was given a balm to help mend grief, in the eighteenth century.In Memoriam, by Alfred Lloyd Tennyson, transcends time. Tennyson freely shared his grief in elaborate poems as he worked through his pain, suffering and sorrow. Through his sharing of heartfelt feelings regarding the loss of his dear friend and future brother-in-law, Halum, the world has been given a guide to morning, prior to the advent of the psychiatrist’s couch and Zoloft. Truly, it is a beautiful poetic rendering of the stages of grief.