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- 1. Thomas Hardy Novelist and Poet Dr. Neelam Mulchandani
- 2. Timeline Born in Dorset 2 June 1840 Apprentice to an architect 1856 Moved to London 1862 Began writing novels 1868 Meets Emma Gifford, his wife 1870 Married 1874 Emma dies 12 Nov. 1912 Marries his secretary 1914 Pleurisy Dec. 1927 Dies Jan. 1928
- 3. Biographical Details • Born on 2nd June 1840, in the English village of Higher Bockhampton in the county of Dorset • Father was a stone mason and fiddler who taught Hardy to love music • Had 3 brothers and sisters • Mother Jemima Hardy was a maid servant and a cook who taught him to read and write as well as keeping folklore and her love for rural life alive. • After his elementary education as the family could not afford to send him for University studies, in 1856 he became an apprentice to the Architect John Hicks in Dorchester
- 4. • Worked restoring Churches • Made educated friends and had many discussions with them • In 1862 Hardy moved to London to work as an architect with Arthur Bloomfield and also began to write poems but his poems were rejected by the publishers • He worked in the office which specialized in restoration of churches • He got involved with London’s vibrant literary and cultural scene but was disillusioned with the social class structure • In 1868 he begins to write novels Biographical Details
- 5. • In 1870 he meets Emma Gifford, his future wife who was also a minor writer • They get married in 1874 • Soon he becomes very ill and is forced to dictate his work • They move from London back to county of Dorset • From 1871-1897 he became very famous as a Novelist • Most of his novels were published as serials in Newspapers and magazines Biographical Details
- 6. • His wife Emma died suddenly on 12th November, 1912 and Hardy was heart broken by her death • In 1914, he married his secretary, Florence Emily Dudgale who was 39 years his junior • He became ill with Pleurisy in December 1927 and died in January 1928 • Hardy narrated his final poem to his wife while on his death bed • His heart is buried in the cemetery of St.Micheal’s church in Stinsford, Dorset, where Emma and Florence also rest • His ashes were interred in Poet’s corner of West Minister’s abbey, London, England Biographical Details
- 7. Hardy’s life in relation to his works 1840–1870 Childhood, adolescence, apprenticeship, first marriage, early poems and his first unpublished novel 1871–1897 Resulted in the publication of 14 novels and number of short stories 1898–1928 During the writer’s rising fame, he abandoned writing Novels due to severe criticism and returned to writing poetry
- 9. Analysis of the poem • The poem discusses the concept of death or more accurately death as a loss of will to be alive • Lyric poem, centering on the theme of despair and pessimism • Completed in 1890- and presented in the volume of poems Time’s laughingstocks and other verses • The tone of the poem is dark and gloomy.
- 10. • In stanza 1,2 and 3 though the speaker is physically alive but feels like a dead man • Uses death images to dehumanize himself • A feeling of death slowly and progressively takes hold of him • Enjoyable and normal life activities do not make him happy • In stanza 4, 5 and 6 the speaker cannot specify any particular moment when he ‘died’ • Remembers that in his youth he had a passion for playing flute but now has no desire to do so Analysis of the poem
- 11. • Is unhappy with the practical reality in the real world and and little by little he ‘dies’ • In stanza 7,8,9 and 10 the speaker remembers that every time any of his family member, friend or loved one died he was sad and depressed • His wife becomes estranged and he dies a little more • His death happened so slowly and gradually that he is not even aware when his soul ‘died’ • He realizes that he has no reason to live now and is just going through the motions of living and actually waiting to die physically Analysis of the poem
- 12. Poetic devices and imagery in the poem • The rhyme scheme of the poem is abcd except the last stanza which is abab • The tone of the poem is gloomy and sombre • The attitude of the speaker is depressed. He feels resigned and detached from the happenings around him • The theme of the poem is ‘Despair’. • The purpose is to convey a sense of loss and sorrow • Humanity is corrupted and so happiness is unattainable
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