In Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam, A. H. H. and “The Lady of Shalott,” how are the speakers similar or different? They are
both observers who lack specific identities. They are both fictional characters with specific identities. The speaker in In Memoriam, A. H. H. is the poet, but the speaker in “The Lady of Shalott” lacks a specific identity. The speaker in In Memoriam, A. H. H. is a fictional character, but the speaker in “The Lady of Shalott” is the poet.
The correct answer is C. <span>The speaker in In Memoriam, A. H. H. is the poet, but the speaker in “The Lady of Shalott” lacks a specific identity.
"In Memoriam, A. H. H." is a very personal poem about the loss of Tennyson's dear friend. The speaker talks in the 1st person, thus providing the poem with a tone of deep, personal grief over the friend's premature death. The poem is rich with drama, as the speaker questions God's existence, Christian ethics, wonders and enigmas of nature...
On the other hand, the speaker in "The Lady of Shalott" is anonymous but, in a way, omniscient - as if he knows everything, all the secrets, intimate feelings of the mysterious Lady, magical spells that bind her.</span>
The Andes were formed by tectonic activity whereby earth is uplifted as one plate (oceanic crust) subducts under another plate (continental crust). ... When this large portion of dense material was removed, the remaining portion of the crust underwent rapid uplift.
