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9 Cards in this Set
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"Labour"
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the use of industrial word to describe the characteristics of nature. Sense of movement and Duality between nature and industry
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'like a spectral lyre, swept by a spectral hand'
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the telegraph wire calls them, reppetition of a simile expresses the ghost like noise made by technology
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"A car comes up with lamps full-glare"|
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a sense of intrusion into the peaceful aspect of nature
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"Leaving a blacker air"
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a hostile incursion into the natural scene, could be seen as Hardy furthering his condemnation of industrialisation
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"And nobody pulls up there"
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repetition of the title, a bleak end to the poem, Hardy's pessimism about the prospects of Human happiness n this ever changing world
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Vignette form
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a descriptive poem in the first person
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Irregular rhyme scheme
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the regular rhythm of nature has been disrupted by the industrial revolution
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Ironic
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images of social progression render Hardy isolated and alone. The presence of technology remind the reader of Hardy's long life and the extent to which the world has changed during his lifetime
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Juxta-position
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of nature and the new twentieth century technologies an uneasy contrast
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