In the poem In Memoriam, A. H. H. by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the poet expresses a philosophical belief in the eternal life of the spirit.
"In Memoriam A.H.H." or simply "In Memoriam" is a poem by the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, completed in 1849.
Originally the title of the poem was "The Way of the Soul", and this might provide a clue of how the poem is an account of all Tennyson's thoughts and emotions as he grieves over the death of a close friend.
A; it mentions in the second sentence that he hadn't slept two consecutive hours due to dreams. He kept trying to get back to sleep near the end of the story, so that would be the main conflict.