This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Yet, after watching every conceivable adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd , I gave the book a go.
The impetus was also spurred on by the fact my dad keeps sheep. After this, I kept seeing Hardy everywhere. What will we do this weekend? First Love. Her skeleton hung in the Museum of Witchcraft until it was taken down and given a proper burial outside the consecrated ground of the churchyard. Beyond lies the parish of St Juliot and in , Hardy visited as an architect to restore the church. It was here he met and fell in love with his first wife Emma Gifford.
The churchyard is also home to some very old Cornish crosses. Cross in St. A broken heart. Mr Cox and I were stuck on what to do the following weekend. The sea mist had rolled in, covering Bude in a cold, cotton wool lump of mizzle.
We decided to venture out towards Bodmin Moor, to the small parish of St Clether. Named after one of the twenty-four children of St. Brychan, a 5th Century Welsh saint. Like The Going, The Voice also contains this accusational tone, the repetition of "you" seems reproachful. Contrasting to this, Beeny Cliff presents Hardy as miserable and grief-stricken at the death of Emma, as he reflects on her life and the time they spent away together.
Your Last Drive tells of how Hardy's wife went on a journey shortly before she died. Similarly, The Going starts off with the same dismal tone. However, in The Going, Hardy seems a bit less reluctant to accept what has happened "Where I could not follow To gain one glimpse of you ever anon! But as the poem ends, he realises that the "voice" is imaginary. It then appears to be too much for Hardy. This is show in the third stanza, where "listlessness" rhymes with "existlessness" he had to coin a word , and yet again, is the repeated phrase "no more again" in the last line.
Finally, Beeny Cliff, like The Voice, has a positive tone. Hardy is reflecting on his and Emma's shared youth and obviously has reason to be happy. The alliteration in the lines "flapping free" and "loyally loved", for example, emphasize his pleasure at reminiscing and have positive connotations. Get Full Access Now or Learn more. See related essays. There is a large amount of imagery used in this stanza, which Hardy uses to show the beauty of his wife, and the strength of their relationship.
The 'red-veined rocks' symbolise the passion and love he felt for Emma. He says she was the 'swan-necked one', a statement of her. The wife replies "You knew not that good lad, I fear Though he came from your native place". Great picture too and it brings to mind the real cliffhanger in the much underrated Hardy novel A Pair of Blue Eyes where Hardy effectively though he would disagree describes scenes from his courtship with first wife Emma including the one recalled in this poem.
So many other wonderful poems too from the pilgrimage to Cornwall published in Satires of Circumstance where the agonised Hardy reflected on his love for Emma after the marriage fell apart and she died in the attic at Max Gate. He was an astonishingly good poet. Enter your email address to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address. Interesting Literature is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon.
Share this: Tweet. Although presented in various ways, it seems that there is a sense of melancholy in both poems. Hardy does this by presenting his language in a depressing tone, though still giving away hints of his affection towards his former wife; whom he had written the poem for. However, Housman gives us a transient feeling; also creating the sense of loneliness throughout the whole poem. He describes the view he has from the hillside, and analyses human beings against the nature around him; using elements such as the wind and the trees of different kinds.
Moreover, not only does he carry on using a lot of alliterations, but he also uses some assonance. For example, there is the triplet, 'riding' 'high' 'bright' in line 2 of the poem. The 'I' sound, and the word 'high' in the middle creates the sense of height. Hardy intentionally does this to explain his feelings of love. When, he and his wife were in love, Hardy tells us that they felt as though they were high up, above the sky.
He mentions 'nether sky', as if there was another, lower sky below them. Equally, 'On Wenlock Edge', uses a lot of stylistic devices. One of the obvious ones would be the alliteration, such as 'forest fleece' in line two. I think that Housman places alliteration there in order to emphasise the abundance of trees in the forest. Consonances used in this poem are not as obvious; however they are repeated a few times.
The phrase 'plies the saplings double' has a little significance, as it shows the effects of the 'gale', the main element of the poem. I think the sound 'ply' in both words gives quite a strong impact and helps to visualise the young trees being bent by the winds. Personification is used quite often in both of the poems. In 'On Wenlock Edge', Housman shows one in the first stanza. The 'Wrekin', a hill or a mountain, is described as a moving object.
However, this is only used to describe blustery scenery; as the wood, covering the mountain would look as if the mountain is moving. The 'gale of life', could mean that the wind is blowing with such great force, that Housman feels as if it is almost alive. As there is evidence to how violently he thought the trees were shaken, I think he was just trying to emphasize the fact that it was a blustery day.
He says 'His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves', meaning the trees are shaken so much in order to make the mountain look as if it is moving around.
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