7. The marriage introduced toward the close of the poem helps to present Tennyson's eventual reconciliation with the earthly separation from his friend.
8. In this marriage scene is Tennyson addressing his dead friend, or other persons? What phrases refer unmistakably to Hallam?
FOR REFERENCE
"Tennyson and his Friends."—Tennyson.
"The Story of the Idylls of the King."—McFee.
"Essays in Biography and Criticism."—Bayne.
"Tennyson, his Homes, his Friends and his Work."—Cary.
"Literary Leaders of Modern England."—Dawson.
"Men I Have Known."—Farrar.
"Poets in the Pulpit."—Haweis.