Maud - Part 2 - 3.

Maud - Part 2 - 3. - context Summary

Published 1855 Amid Grief

Part 2, section 3 of Tennyson's Maud (published 1855) frames a speaker addressing his "poor heart of stone," confronting bereavement, solitude, and impending death. The stanza's direct imperative and mournful resignation align with themes of grief and loss that recur in Tennyson's work after personal tragedies. Read in context of the Maud collection, it stages emotional collapse and stoic self-reproach rather than narrative action.