Neutral Tones

Question 1

Poet

Answer 1

Thomas Hardy

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

-Thomas Hardy was a British poet known for his pessimistic and dreary poems.
-Neutral tones, written in 1867, is no exception.
-His pessimism may be linked to his unhappy first marriage, or perhaps his discontent with 19th Century industrialisation and the loss of traditional country ways which he held so dear (he was from Dorset).