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figurative language and imagery of the excerpt show what Jude thinks of the leader-writer Sue once knew. Hardy’s use of syntax‚ diction‚ and imagery depict Jude’s thought process after speaking to Sue and what he should do to fix their relationship. Hardy starts the quotation with the lone physical action‚ “looked away”. He had just finished fighting with Sue when she entered his lodging after she ran away from the training school.
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The Voice – Thomas Hardy Analysis Notes: €the Voice€ Analysis In the poem The Voice by Thomas Hardy‚ the speaker of the poem hears what seems to be the voice of his dead wife‚ Emma. He remembers with nostalgia their time together before her death and in doing so three different moments of their lives is presented: the beginning of their relationship‚ the latest days of it‚ and the present. At the beginning‚ their relationship was based on love‚ whereas as time passed‚ the woman changed from the
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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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…the hills are open‚ the sun blazes down upon the fields so large as to give an unenclosed character to the landscape‚ the lanes are white‚ the hedges low and plashed‚ the atmosphere colourless. Here‚ in the valley‚ the world seems to be constructed upon a smaller and more delicate scale; the fields are mere paddocks‚ so reduced that from this height their hedgerows appear a network of dark green threads overspreading the paler green of the grass. The atmosphere beneath is languorous‚ and is so tinged
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though many of these authors are outstanding‚ there is one that surpasses the rest: Thomas Hardy. Today Hardy is famous for his novels Return of the Native and Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Hardy wrote many novels and volumes of poetry over his 50-year literary career. Hardy life has a huge
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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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Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy (1867) Neutral Tones BY THOMAS HARDY We stood by a pond that winter day‚ And the sun was white‚ as though chidden of God‚ And a few leaves lay on the starving sod; – They had fallen from an ash‚ and were gray. Your eyes on me were as eyes that rove Over tedious riddles of years ago; And some words played between us to and fro On which lost the more by our love. The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing Alive enough to have
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Thomas Hardy is an intriguing and enigmatic poet whose poetic themes deviate from war‚ nature and heroism to love‚ the transience of life and the death of the soul. Though penned some eighty years ago‚ the poetry of Thomas Hardy remains remarkably accessible and identifiable to a modern reader. While some critic’s claim that his poetic writing is archaise. His language elegant but awkward and his work difficult to comprehend‚ I enjoyed the poetry of Hardy for its diversity of themes‚ its earthly
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The destined tragedy of the glorious‚ unsinkable Titanic has struck wonder and emotion in the hearts and minds of people far and wide. "The Convergence of the Twain" by Thomas Hardy‚ captures this emotion through the use of poetic devices. The speaker conveys his attitude toward the sinking of the ship using a unique illustrative technique in his writing. As opposed to simply conveying his attitude through description in a straightforward manner it is depicted to the reader using diction‚ imagery
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