Arthur Henry Hallam died of a ruptured aneurysm on September 15, 1833. Arthur Henry Hallam was twenty-two years old. His death was one of the most significant events of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s life. Tennyson spent the next seventeen years writing In Memoriam A.H.H., sustained lyric verse which would eventually be the reason Tennyson was offered the position of Poet Laureate. In Memoriam is Tennyson’s attempt to memorialize Arthur, but dealt with universal themes such as grief, doubt, remembrance, and philosophical questioning. While In Memoriam A.H.H. is Tennyson’s most popular poem written about Hallam, works such as "Ulysses" and "St. Simeon the Stylites" (both from his 1842 volume of poetry) also reflect Tennyson’s feelings after Arthur’s sudden death.