show how tennyson’s poetry deals with the social and religious problems of his age?

Grief permeates Tennyson’s poetry and was a major feature of Tennyson’s emotional life. He endured the deaths of his parents, the ensuing mental illness and addictions of many of his family members and, as a kind of muse, the death of his close friend Arthur Henry Hallam. His poems are frank discussions of despair and the trouble of using words sufficient to express it, and he demonstrates the significance of writing poetry in the face of sorrow and loss. In some of the poems his grief is overwhelming, and he does not know if he wants to continue living. In others he finds ways to manage his grief, coming to accept that sorrow may always be a part of one’s life, while acknowledging other things in life inspire happiness and hope.

In Memoriam is a poem expressing the journey of Christian faith Alfred Tennyson experiences
after the death of his friend, Arthur Hallam. Although Tennyson is submerged in deep sorrow
and confronted with questions and challenges to his spiritual beliefs, he becomes a stronger
Christian who is filled with faith in a God of love who will reunite him with his departed friend.
A carefiil reading of the poem in comparison with Biblical texts reveals that Tennyson
underwent a spiritual transformation that deepened his belief in Christ and the hope of a life after
death where he will enjoy the companionship of Hallam once again. Faced with new scientific
discoveries coupled with an intense sense of grief over Hallam’s death, Tennyson does doubt and
question his faith; however, the end result of the process yielded a deep level of spiritual
maturity founded on a transformation of the heart and soul