9. What are the principal excellences of his style?
10. Compare "The Revenge" with Raleigh's account of the battle, X, 124, from which Tennyson took his facts and even his phrases. What does this show with regard to Raleigh's power as an author?
FROM "IN MEMORIAM"
1. Find the two stanzas which contain the central thought on which the poem is based.
2. What attitude did Tennyson take in regard to his friend's death?
3. Why does nature fail to comfort human beings in this type of sorrow?
4. Was Tennyson interested in social and political problems?
5. To what Scriptural event yet to be fulfilled does "Ring in the Christ that is to be" refer?
6. What traits of character does Tennyson exhibit in this poem?