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    works on Thomas Hardy. Nature is an important aspect of Hardy’s work. He uses nature in order to set the atmosphere of the poem‚ and uses external elements to mirror the internal emotions of the protagonist. Nature acts as a tool for Hardy to enhance imagination and reflect events and emotions. Nature also provides the poet with inspiration. Using nature to symbolize is one technique poets use in order to convey an idea or message that the poet wants to underline and express. In Thomas Hardy’s poems

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    power of nature is a common flaw of all humans. In “Convergence of the Twain”‚ Thomas Hardy does not show the same sympathy for Titanic disaster as others throughout history. Instead‚ he emphasizes the inescapable destruction and death caused by the glorious ship. Through the use of poetic devices‚ Hardy depicts the inevitable doom that occurs when the vanity and lavishness of humans challenges the forces of nature. Hardy assembles powerful diction to explain the clash between manmade wonders and nature

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    Mankind has fought wars for centuries; over many different types of things like religion‚ resources‚ and territorial growth. “The Man He Killed” by Thomas Hardy‚ can undoubtedly be considered an anti-war poem. The narration takes the reader through the remorse the soldier feels as he considers the weight of his actions. The simple‚ straightforward nature of the poem seemingly begs the reader to understand it. However‚ there are many details in the lines that warrant a second reading. There are several

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    reasoning behind any individual’s decision making. Similar to this reasoning‚ Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed” questions human behavior in relation to impulse‚ morality‚ and consequence. When someone makes an impulse decision‚ that individual is acting based on one’s own personal nature. In this instance‚ an individual will not think about the action that they are doing‚ but rather‚ they simply move based on predisposition. In Thomas Hardy’s “The Man He Killed‚” the speaker is recounting a time in which

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    This poem presents its composer‚ Thomas Hardy‚ through a persona of grief over his late wife. The poem is contextualized immediately after Mrs. Hardys death as the widowed persona stands by her grave. The poem moves from third person perspective through to a first person point of view. It reflects on the personas guilt of mistreating his late wife before her death and his yearning to be with her in the present. Would I lay there And she were housed there! Or better‚ togetherWe both‚ - who would

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    ’Afterwards‚’ by Thomas Hardy‚ is a poem that questions the way that people will look upon the narrator after his death. It centre’s around the idea of ’noticing things‚’ showing the narrators precision and the ambivalence of his neighbours. Hardy gets this across by the techniques that he uses‚ and the detailed descriptions which show the full extent of what the narrator has noticed. The poem shows the complexity of nature‚ and describes the cycle of life. The first stanza begins by personifying

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    The narrator’s overall attitude changes from the first quatrain to the fourth quatrain. Thomas Hardy‚ the author‚ reveals this change very subtly. In the poem‚ “The Man He Killed‚” the main character is fighting a war. He meets a man‚ and is forced to kill him because he is on the opposite side of the war. But later in the poem he wishes he could have met the person in a different environment‚ not during the war. The story starts off with our narrator stating that he wishes it was a different time

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    poems by Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost. In the poem “ The Man He Killed”(1902)‚ Hardy illustrates the man kills his enemy as it is his mission. He questions

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    present afternoon‚ P.M.’ (14).” -Here Hardy shows that Jon Durbeyfield is very susceptible to anything. He believes in everything that people tell him with out doing his research to see if his so called lineage is even true. By John acting so superior toward other people‚ by saying “obey my orders” he is letting the reader know that every time that he may seem ahead in life he acts superior to others; maybe that this is how Hardy will portray other characters

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    Part I: Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy‚ born June 2‚ 1840‚ was a novelist and a poet. His mother‚ who was well read‚ educated him until he went to school at age eight. He went to Mr. Last’s Academy for Young Gentlemen in Dorchester where he learned Latin‚ and showed academic potential. His formal education ended at age sixteen however because his family’s social position lacked the means for a university education. He was apprenticed to James Hicks‚ a local architect. In 1862‚ Hardy moved to London

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