Analysis of Thomas Hardy’s The Darkling Thrush Thomas Hardy’s The Darkling Thrush, is a poem full of much sorrow. It is dark and bleak, just as it’s title is. Although it is so unhappy, it is also very deep. This poem is one of the many example’s of Hardy’s talent. The poem is a lyric, with a rhyme scheme of a bab. It is written in iambic pentameter, and it consists of quatrains.
It is talking about a lack of faith. Hardy begins his poem talking about his setting. It was winter, and it was cold and dark. It seemed lonely, and anyone would have rather been inside. It looked ugly out there, and even the sky and the frost was unattractive. It was a very depressing place.
He continues talking about the setting, but begins to talk about with it makes him think of. He feels that everything around was dead, and the wind sounded like a moan. The world seemed like it used to be alive, but now it’s just small and old. He thought that everyone around him felt the same way.
Even though he felt this, he still somehow felt alone. All of a sudden, it heard a voice coming from above. At that instant, all that was ugly appeared beautiful. All whom he thought felt the world was dead, are now seeing it for a second time.
The Essay on Selected Thomas Hardy Poems
Fiction, poetry, drama MAJOR WORKS: The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) Jude the Obscure (1896) Overview The works of the English novelist, poet, and dramatist Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) unite the Victorian and modern eras. His work revealed the strains that widespread industrialization and urbanization placed on traditional English ...
All was good, and everyone was happy. Still, Hardy felt the same. Instead of thinking things were beautiful, he thought things had gotten worse. He felt there was no use in being happy. The things that seemed ugly didn’t really matter much to him. He felt even more scared and alone than before.
The air seemed happy, and all were blessed with hope. Hardy still saw no hope. I think this poem means different things to people, but I think all can agree that it is unhappy. Almost all of Hardy’s poems were the same way, and I think that is what made them masterpieces. In his short time as a poetry writer, he wrote many dark poems that seemed hopeless and miserable. Although his poems got mixed reviews, I think they are the foundation of his writing talent..
