Thesis: 1. As a result of Arthur Henry Hallums death, Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote poetry about the way of life, as seen in the structure and message of Ulysses and In Memoriam A.H.H.
Thesis: 2. Throughout a myriad of his poems, Alfred, Lord Tennyson explores the theme of Death, noting its various aspects and natures as an inevitability that every man must face, a great equalizer in life, and a force subject to Love through imagery, personification, diction, and rhythm.
Point 1: Inevitability Poems: The Charge of the Light Brigade and A Farewell Idea: Charge of the Light Brigade soldiers trudging onward A Farewell knowledge that one does not live forever and forever
Point 2: Equalizer in life Poem: All Things Will Die and Ulysses Ideas: all subject to death as seen in All Things Will Die All people, even great heroes, feel death
Point 3: force subject to Love Poems: Love and Death In Memoriam A.H.H. Sextion XXVII Ideas: Love weaker than Death, but triumphant in the end tis better to have loved and lost