What is the title of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem that contemplates the death of his close friend Arthur Hallam?

• A. The Charge of the Light Brigade
• B. In Memoriam
• C. Ulysses
• D. The Lady of Shalott

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is recognizing a long, personal elegy that turns the death of a close friend into a deep, reflective meditation. The title is In Memoriam. It was written after the death of Arthur Hallam and published in 1850 as a sequence that wrestles with grief, doubt, and the search for meaning in the face of loss, ultimately moving toward a tempered sense of faith. This makes it the best fit because its very focus is Hallam’s death and the emotional and spiritual questions that follow. The other poems represent different subjects—one is about a historic battlefield, another about an aging hero seeking new quests, and another about a woman confined by a curse—none of which hinge on the death of Hallam.