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Literaturesraft in English Unit 1 IA d
Critical Response To A Creditable Review Of “Hap” By Thomas Hardy

By: Vanoi Wilkinson
Name: Vanoi Wilkinson
Date: 06/01/2014
School: St Augustine Girls High School
Topic: A Critical Response To A Creditable Review Of “Hap” By Thomas Hardy
Teacher: Ms V. Ramoutar

A Critical Response to a Creditable Review of “Hap” by Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was born to Thomas and Jemima Hardy in Upper Bockhampton, Dorset England. He was a well known notorious English poet and author. He had an immense passion for literature, architecture and music as he was exposed to them during his childhood through the teachings of oral folklore told by his parents. His poetic nod literary writings were influenced by altering events of his daily life such as love, heartbreak and belief in God. Hardy 's literary work spanned seventy years throughout the Victorian, Georgian and Edwardian periods and also during World War 1 and the 1920s. He was also greatly influenced by the literary works of Shelly and Keats and in particular naturalists for example, Darwin 's The Original of Species. "Hap" is one of Hardy 's most famous sonnets. "Hap" focuses mainly on the reasons for Hardy 's own sufferings. In this poem Hardy questions God 's existence and in more details the nature of the relationship between God and humanity. The critic identified as Joanna Cullen Brown. She is one of the few people who critics Thomas Hardy 's literary works and compares the structure and style of "Hap" to a "mechanical universe". She is the editor of Figures in a Wessex Landscape: Thomas Hardy 's Picture of English Country Life (1987) and Let Me Enjoy the Earth: Thomas Hardy and Nature (1990). In this essay there would be attempts to critically analyze and evaluate "Hap" on Techniques such as historical allusion, diction, rhythm and symbolism.
The general technique of “Hap” is the first point of discussion. Hap was written in 1865. It is a sonnet which is a fourteen



Bibliography: Bloom Harold, 2004, 'Comprehensive Research and Study Guide Thomas Hardy. Bailey J.O. Attributes Www.thecultureclub.net/2008/02/28/theme-regret-Thomas-hardy-poetry/. Www.enotes.com/topics/Hap-Thomas-hardy

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