What Is The First Impression Of The Poem By Tennyson

My first impression of this poem id that the author is reffering to the sadness felt when remembering the past and thinking about people in life you have lost. While the main focus seems to be sorrow from the death or absense of loved ones, the author has also left the poem open to interpritation as to what could be causing his tears and dispair. I think the most interesting aspect of this poem is how it made me stop and remember things and people in my life that are now gone, I could relate a different experience from my life with each paragraph of the poem which I believe was probably the goal of the author. The relating of one 's own life events draws you in makes you reflect along with Tennyson.

The poem was written during the Romantic …show more content…
This could also account for the work 's theme of sadness over “the days that are no more”, possibly referrening to a happier time (maybe before the family fell on hard times). I feel this can be seen in the first paragraph of the poem; he refers to “looking on the happy autumn-fields” which makes me invision a very young and care-free child looking out on a vast autumn field right before the cold and dark winter comes (possibly a less happy period of his …show more content…
The relationship was said to have ended over Rosa 's family not feeling that Tennyson was a worthy suitor. This seems to have been a loss that stayed with the author due to her being his first love and something he will always regret because he never was able to truly find out if she was the one for him. In the final line; “O Death in Life, the days that are no more!”, The loss of his first love must have seemed like the end of his life at the time and that is reflected very strongly