Thomas Hardy

The Petrarchan sonnet “Hap,” by Thomas Hardy, is an exploration of how life is controlled and can be explained. In the poem’s octave, the speaker envisions a life under the power of a vengeful god who……, but concludes in the sestet that in reality, life is not controlled by higher powers, malicious or not. The speaker searches for an explanation that would give purpose to his pain, but failing to find one, laments the reality of his situation, where suffering can only be explained by chance. In…

Structure is Key: An Analysis of the Structure in Thomas Hardy 's Poem Structure, which can be defined as “to construct or arrange according to a plan; give a pattern or organization to.” You can see structure everywhere, in our homes, work, and especially school. As stated in the definition of structure, it is all constructed with a plan in mind. There is structure at school and the way we are taught. There are specific structures that all schools and instructors must follow. Especially, in…

London” delves into the heart-wrenching topic of acceptance and the devastating necessity to overcome the effects of losing a loved one in war. The poem begins with a woman who receives the dreary news of her husband’s death in the “far South lands” (Hardy 10). The next day, a postman hands a letter to her from her dead husband, bringing back the rush of emotions of shock and despair. The illustration of war builds on the perspective of the man and his losses, sorrows, and sadness. Hardy’s…

In “The Darkling Thrush,” Thomas Hardy skillfully employs personification, syntax, and descriptive diction in order to convey that hope can always be found even amidst death and destruction. In the time Hardy writes this poem, the Industrial Revolution in Britain had been dwindling down and factories and smog had filled the air. He uses the poem in a way to express the devastating effects the modern world has on nature through personification, as well as the use of diction. He introduces a shift…

In the poem The Man He Killed the author Thomas Hardy writes about war. This poem can be determined as an anti-war poem. The speaker of the poem is talking about their experience in war. This poem mainly focuses on the negative effects of war. The writing structure and the diction being used in this poem has a big impact on the main meaning of the poem. Thomas Hardy writes, “ Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have sat us down to wet Right many a nipperkin!” The speaker’s…

“The Workbox” by Thomas Hardy is a poem about a wife who receives a gift from her husband. Initially the reader might imply that the husband presents this little box with intentions of pleasing his wife. The box is made from the coffin of John Wayward, a man from the wife’s past. Once she learns of the true contents of the box the wife tries to hide her reaction to the news of John’s death. No one knows the truth of how John dies, but the wife’s reaction to the box could suggest that she either…

The Man He Killed was written by Thomas Hardy who was one of the most well-known poets and novelists in English literary history. Tess of the D’Urbervilles (1891), The Return of the Native (1878) and Jude the Obscure (1895) were some of his most renowned works that wildly read by most people nowadays. Thomas Hardy was born in Dorset, England on 2nd June 1840 but sadly died on 11th January 1928 at Max Gate. During his life, Hardy published an incredible amount of artworks which include 8 volumes…

Fraternally Inseparable: The Journey from Vanity to Oblivion Despite the common belief that the sinking of the Titanic was purely unlucky misfortune, In “The Convergence of the Twain”, Thomas Hardy uses the prevalent isolation, indifference, and lack of foresight to convey that pride and vanity ultimately lead to ruin. Hardy uses the Titanic and Iceberg as a specific man versus nature conflict in order to Each stanza within the poem is comprised of three lines. Within each of those stanzas,…

He sounded a little reluctant at first, but then answered, "Agreed." On the sofa, I had grabbed a throw pillow and begun to squeeze it. I was so nervous... "I need to tell you about a certain kind of person," she began, "...and these kind of people you may know, and I want you to keep an eye out for them. There are certain kind of people who specialize in fooling others for their own personal gain, and they have no way of empathizing with other people." He shuddered. "This is scary..."…

indelibility of the past and the importance of character. Henchard tried to make all the wrongs of the past right. He succeeded but ended up just making more horrible mistakes. Henchard also doesn’t have the values of honor and moral righteousness but Hardy insists that Henchard was a worthy man. All of Henchard’s worth was in his determination to suffer and in his ability to endure a lot of pain. Henchard carried the burden of of his mistakes such as, selling his family and mismanaging his…