8. Read this excerpt from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam A.H.H. "I held it truth, with him who sings/To one clear harp in divers tones./That men may rise on stepping stones/Of their dead selves to higher things." Which mood does Tennyson evoke as he contemplates death?

O delight

O grief

O optimism

O terror

The excerpt from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam A.H.H. refers to death's permitting men to rise to "higher things". Although he does not know what lies beyond death, he chooses here to portray it in a hopeful and optimistic light.

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The given excerpt of alferd lord tennyson from In Memoriam A.H.H depicits the optimism mood of the tennyson.i.e, option 'C'

Who is alferd lord tennyson?

Alferd lord tennyson is one of the famous british poet of great britian and during queen victoria reign.

The poem In memmorian A.H.H begins with the sorrow and grief followed by the memories and recollection of past spent with person he is now mourning.in this excerpt he believe that grief and hardships are healed by the time which shows his optimistic mood.

Hence option "C" is correct.

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