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In Memoriam
/ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/
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What does In Memoriam mean?
adverb
- In memory (of); as a memorial.
noun
- An announcement or composition etc. in memory of a deceased person.
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/ɪn məˈmɔɹ.i.əm/
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The ‘In Memoriam’ may almost be said to be the poem of nineteenth century scepticism.
There is no escape from this--none; the dramatist is lopsided if he tries to ignore it; he is a monster if he is wholly blind to it--like the poet in In Memoriam, "Without a conscience or an aim."
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Its effect upon the ear and the mind is quite as remarkable as that of the rhyme-system of "In Memoriam"; and the impossibility of reproducing it is one good reason why Dante must always suffer even more from translation than most poets.
He never was accustomed to "draw it very mild" (to use a vulgarism which I dislike) when he had his head, and on this occasion he entered into the matter with the zeal of a true friend, and a young man who never expected to have another occasion to sing a public "In Memoriam."