Here are two of my favorite stanzas from The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy. These two are my favorite because they are so descriptive and vivid, you can almost picture yourself there. This poem was written as a rhyming poem, showing that Thomas often wrote with a closed writing structure.
I leant upon a coppice gate
When frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
The strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had saught their household fires.
Thomas Hardy -- an ironic poet born in June of 1840 -- spent almost all his free time writing. Whether it be novels, surveys, or poetry which he now a days is not well known for. He composed novels such as Desperate Remedies, Far From the Maddening Crowd, Under the Greenwood Tree, and A Pair of Blue Eyes.
I leant upon a coppice gate
When frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
The strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had saught their household fires.
Thomas Hardy -- an ironic poet born in June of 1840 -- spent almost all his free time writing. Whether it be novels, surveys, or poetry which he now a days is not well known for. He composed novels such as Desperate Remedies, Far From the Maddening Crowd, Under the Greenwood Tree, and A Pair of Blue Eyes.
I really like you poet's poem. I hope to read more! :D
ReplyDeleteWhy are these your favorites? Accompany the poetry excerpt with a write up where you explain your views. Use some of the poetry terminology that we covered in class to at least take apart what you've put here.
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