Question

what are the themes used by the poet in the poem break, break, break

Answer 1

The poem describes feelings of loss and the realization that there is something beyond the cycle of life and death. He is standing on the sandy sea shore and writing this poem. [1] It has a strong biographical connection, containing Tennyson's feelings of melancholy and nostalgia.[2] Tennyson captures his strong emotions in other poems, including Morte D' Arthur, "Tithonus", and "Ulysses".[3]The suffering felt within the poem is connected to the suffering described in Tennyson's In Memoriam, in that they both describe longing for Tennyson's deceased friend Hallam. This longing is voiced in the third stanza of "Break, Break, Break".

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