![]() ![]() ![]() This poem is not one of Rossetti’s absolute classics, but a phrase from it has had a new lease of life in the last few years: J. You should have come to the cuckoo’s calling, Why were you born when the snow was falling? If you’ve ever lost someone close to you, this poem should strike a chord. Tennyson’s powerful portrayal of grief, leading gradually to acceptance, is well-known for some of its memorable lines – ‘Nature red in tooth and claw’ and ‘better to have loved and lost’ – but there’s a wealth of fine poems here in this larger poem. One of the great poems of the Victorian era, this long elegy in 130 ‘cantos’ is a sort of verse diary charting Tennyson’s grief over the sudden death of his best friend, Arthur Henry Hallam, in 1833. It doesn’t mourn West or any one other individual, but is instead more of an ode, which sees Gray meditating on death and the lives of simple rustic folk.Īlfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A. ![]() ![]() Technically, though, it shouldn’t really be on this list of best elegies – because in terms of its form Gray’s ‘Elegy’ is not an elegy. ![]()
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