Pre 1914 Poetry :: English Literature

English GCSE Coursework Pre1914 PoetryHow does Hardy portray the themes of outlet and loneliness in his poems?I am going to be examine three of Thomas Hardys poems. These poemsare Where The Picnic Was, The share and Neutral Tones.Hardy was writing in a time when women could non vote. Women weresecond-class citizens who mainly stayed in the home. During the timewhen Hardy was writing, it was very hard for a charr to divorce aman. The further way the woman would be able to divorce the man was onlyif she could prove cruelty. However, conflicting women, a man could divorcehis wife just like that with a minor reason. Thomas Hardy himselfbelieved in trades union barely only if people had similar interests. Ifpeople grew apart, he believed that they should be allowed to divorce.Hardy marry twice in his lifetime. In 1874, Hardy married EmmaLavinia Gifford. She convinced him to excoriation writing. Emma Hardy couldnot have children but still, Hardy continued the marriage withoutd ivorcing. On November 27th 1912, Emma Hardy died after being marriedfor 38 years. Two years later, Hardy married his secretary, FlorenceEmily Dugdale. She was 35 and he was 74. She acted as his companionand housekeeper. The poems I have chosen to compare were all penafter Emmas death.Where The Picnic Was is basically talking about a picnic he had beenon with Emma. He explains how it was in a monastic area were hardlyanyone went. The title suggests happy as you normally go for a picnicin summer or spring, it also suggests that he went with someone likefamily or someone he was in lovemaking with, it mainly suggests love, but italso suggest looking back because of the was in the title. All thepoems do not contain the same content but overall relate to the deathof Emma and looking back at practiced times. The mood of this poem changesas it goes on. In the first verse line of the poem, it is a happy mood, butgradually the mood changes in verse 2 and in verse 3, the mood isoriented o n the death of Emma and less(prenominal) on natural setting. Happinessin the first verse is shown in this quote. In the summer time.The sadness in the third verse is shown in this quote, Where nopicnics are, And one has shut her eyes.This reflects how Hardy is sentiment because this is a one of the thingshe uses to reflect his mood. The theme of this poem is a place of