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What do you think Hardy means when saying "No faery darts, no cherub air?"
What literary device is used in line 20, "And iron daggers of distress?"
He means that Love is not as amazing or as exotic as people perceive it to be.
Background: Hardy did not have any kids, suggesting his desire to have a boy. "The Boy, the Bright, the One." (alliteration)
The literary device is alliteration.
What is the rhyme scheme?
Why are the words "Love, Boy, Bright, and One" capitalized?
The rhyme scheme is ABBACCA.
Love is capitalized because Hardy is personifying love. Boy is capitalized to refer to an important person Hardy desired to have in his life. Bright and One are capitalized to relate to the Boy as being the One to bring light into his darkness.
- Who is "him" referring to in the first line of this stanza?
- What does Hardy mean when he says,
"We clamoured thee that thou would'st please
Inflict on us thine agonies?"
"Him" is referring to love.
Hardy means that Love is supposed to bring him satisfaction, but instead brings the opposite.
Is there a shift in tone? If so, what is it?
“Thomas Hardy.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/thomas-hardy.
“Edwardian Era Society and Daily Life of the Edwardians.” Victorian Era Life in England. Victorians Society & Daily Life, www.victorian-era.org/edwardian-era-society.html.
PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/manorhouse/edwardianlife/royalty.html.
Winslow, Donald J. “The First Mrs Thomas Hardy, and: The Second Mrs Hardy (Review).” Biography, University of Hawai'i Press, 24 June 2010, muse.jhu.edu/article/373015.
“Rupert Brooke.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, 22 July 2014, www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/thomas-hardy.
Yes; Hardy is showing greater anger towards
love than ever before in the poem. "Depart then, Love!
Each side of the room receives one puzzle that they must piece together.
After the puzzle is completed, figure out how the picture relates to Thomas Hardy's feelings toward Emma when he is writing this poem.
Whoever completes the tasks first is the winner!!!