Hardy Flashcards
(27 cards)
When was I Look Into My Glass written?
1898
How old was Hardy when he wrote I Look Into My Glass?
57 years old
When was The Pine Planters written?
1909
Which book was The Pine Planters written to accompany?
Woodlanders
Who is the main character in Woodlanders?
Marty South
What type of poem is The Pine Planters?
Reverie
When was The Darkling Thrush written?
1899
When was In Time of ‘The Breaking of Nations’ published?
January 1916
Why was In Time of ‘The Breaking of Nations’ in 1916?
As the public started to turn against the war
What is In Time of ‘The Breaking of Nations’ a direct quote from?
Bible, Jeremiah 51:20
What type of poem is On The Departure Platform?
Narrative Poem
When was Drummer Hodge written?
1899- a few weeks after the start of the second Boer war
When was The Voice written?
The spring of 1913
What did The Voice form part of?
A collection of elegies entitled “Poems of 1912-13.”
When did his wife Emma die?
November 1912
When was Nobody Comes written?
1925
What was Nobody Comes written soon after?
Florence, 2nd wife, falling ill with a cancerous lump in her throat meaning she had an operation in London
What type of poem is The Going?
Elegy
When was The Going written?
December 1912, after Emma’s death
When was At the Word ‘Farewell’ written?
1917, 5 years after Emma died
What type of poem is At the Word ‘Farewell’ ALMOST like?
A eulogy
When was Neutral Tones written?
1867
What type of poem is Neutral Tones?
Dramatic monologue
When was No Buyers: A Street Scene published?
1925
