Discussing my overall view of Thomas Hardy's poetry about him being pessimistic.
English GCSE Coursework This essay will be in direct relation to the topic of Hardy's Poetry. During this essay I will be discussing my overall view of Thomas Hardy's poetry about him being pessimistic, after reading through three of his poems I have come to the conclusion that Thomas Hardy has a slightly pessimistic View, which is reflected within the words that he has chosen to express within his poetry. The three poems, which the essay is in relation to, are as follows: * During Wind And Rain * The Going * The Darkening Thrush In my opinion I believe that Hardy is very negative about nature, love and life, it is because from what we know about Hardy having a negative impact in life, we assume that this may have influenced him becoming pessimistic. During Wind And Rain In this poem Hardy particularly focuses on creating images, which are pessimistic. Although, in doing so he creates a balance between pessimism and optimism. So Hardy's poems are not all pessimistic, they are not always morbid and dark, they do shed a form of light through them. In Stanza 3 Hardy uses words such as ' rotten, ript, rose'. These words gives many meanings to it, the word rotten can mean death, something dying, decayed. It may tell us how Hardy sees thing, the word ript gives the reader an onomatopoeic feeling, and it shows an image of something being torn. This can show how Hardy mood
