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    reflecting on how Emma is just a memory; Hardy uses the method of questioning to create enigma and a voice in his head highlighting the title. Hardy uses first person to convey his loneliness “how you call to me‚ call to me” The repetition suggests his longing pain and grief‚ Hardy the narrator seems to be very self-conscious and the story of pain is the most important emotion at this point. The direct address shows Hardy’s struggle and how he believes he is hearing Emma’s voice. The use of this

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    Thomas Hardy Poems

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    laboured leisurely jog; Then a horseman from off the hill-tip Comes clapping down into the dip; While woodlarks‚ finches‚ sparrows‚ try to entune at one time‚ And cocks and hens and crows and bulls take up the chime. With a shouldered basket and flagon A man meets the one with the waggon‚ And both the men halt of long use. “Well‚” the waggoner

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    philosopher. This quote explains that in war it does not matter whether or not you do the right thing‚ but whether or not you know how to survive. This quote relates to Liam O’ Flaherty’s short story and Thomas Hardy’s poem. In “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty and “The Man He killed” by Thomas Hardy both literary works show similarities and differences by the use of plot‚ irony‚ and theme. In the two passages‚ there were many similarities‚ but there were also some differences throughout the plot.

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    Thomas Hardy as a War Poet

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    Thomas Hardy as a War Poet Thomas Hardy is one of the most famous and prolific British writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Most people recognize Hardy as an author of novels‚ but he preferred to write poetry. Both his novels and his poetry give a pessimistic view of the world. Subjects for his poetry include nature‚ love‚ and war. Most of his poems on war have tragic themes and present humans as having little control over their destinies. A major theme of Thomas Hardy’s tragic

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    How is conflict presented in the text you have structured? Thomas Hardy’s poem ’The Man He Killed’ focuses on the senselessness and futility of war‚ where a man has killed another quite simply because they were fighting on opposing sides in a war. Thomas Hardy’s "Drummer Hodge’ is a poem that laments on the horrors of war. It particularly focuses on the personal tragedy of a young innocent boy from Hardy’s Wessex. Drummer Hodge explores the theme of war and can be summarized as a young soldier

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    Thomas Hardy Notes on Hap

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    Author: Thomas Hardy First Published: 1898 Type of Poem: Sonnet Genres: Poetry‚ Sonnet Subjects: Suffering‚ Despair‚ God‚ Pain‚ Good and evil‚ Gods or goddesses‚ Fate or fatalism‚ Life‚ philosophy of‚ Life and death‚ Time‚ Joy or sorrow‚ Luck or misfortune The Poem Thomas Hardy has structured “Hap” to meet all the requirements of the form of an English sonnet: Its fourteen lines are written in iambic pentameter‚ the rhyme scheme abab‚ cdcd‚ efef‚ gg is complied with‚ and the three quatrains are followed

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    Z~ AP Lit. Thomas Hardy and Religion Famous author and poet‚ Thomas Hardy‚ was born June 2nd in the year of 1840 into a small town called Higher Bockhampton in Stinsford Parish. He lived in a lower class family‚ aware and content with their position. Hardy’s father was a master mason while his mother stayed at home and encouraged Hardy’s education. His mother taught him to read‚ and continued educating him through his years until the age of 16. At this point‚ a friend of Hardy’s father‚ John

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    Thomas Hardy Research Paper

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    find many subcategories‚ and‚ of these‚ Thomas Hardy takes a bold stance on one very specific‚ but nonetheless controversial‚ issue.

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    Q) A critic has described Hardy as‚ “A poet obsessed with the past.” How far do you agree with the claim? In your answer‚ you should either refer to two/three poems in detail‚ or range more widely through the whole selection. Many of Thomas Hardy’s poems are centered on the feelings summoned up when reminiscing about the past. On the surface‚ it seems as though Hardy is ‘obsessed with the past’ as many poems are laced with memories which conjure up feelings of nostalgia. It is important

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    questioning by Thomas hardy and “creed by Steve turner”. The clarification for the structure where Hardy has repeated A‚b‚b‚a throughout

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