Question

Read the excerpt. Far off thou art, but ever nigh; I have thee still, and I rejoice; I prosper, circled with thy voice; I shall not lose thee though I die. In these lines of poetry from In Memoriam, A. H. H. by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, how can the speaker’s friend be both far off and ever nigh? Because his friend’s spirit is everywhere, it is in distant and neighboring places. After his friend ends their relationship, the speaker still remembers him. Although his friend is not physically present, the speaker feels close to his spirit at all times. The relationship between the speaker and his friend endures even when his friend moves away.

Answer 1

Although his friend is not physically present, the speaker feels close to his spirit at all times.

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Answer 2

I believe that the best answer choice for the question: In these lines of poetry from "In Memoriam, A.H.H., by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, how can the speaker´s friend be both far off and ever nigh?, would be, that: ALthough his friend is not physically present, the speaker feels close to his spirit at all times.

Step-by-step explanation:

"In Memoriam, A.H.H", is a poem written by author Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and it was published in 1849. This poem is a requiem for his beloved friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who had died. This death hits the author pretty hard and inspires one of the longest, and best recognized poems of the 19th century, especially for cerain quotes and expressions from the work that have impacted society. In this particular excerpt from the poem, when the speaker says that his friend is both far off and also near, that he will never lose his friend, even in death, what he means by that is that although physically his friend may not be there, his spirit remains around him, near him. So physically he is far away, but as his spirit remains close to thim, then his friend is far off, but also ever nigh.