At an Inn
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- At an inn - Thomas Hardy
- Inspired by Hardy's relationship with aristocratic and literary Florence Henniker - slightly autobiogaphical
- no evidence that they engaged in a sexual relationship but they met whilst they were both married and forged a great friendship - even writing a short story together
- He took her to an inn - people assumed they were lovers
- Victorian poetry
- Hardy criticised Victorian society
- They are frowned upon by society for being together but not being 'together'
- criticism of Victorian values and the inability for men and women to be merely friends
- a misunderstanding
- Hardy's thoughts of what might have been
- regret? lost opportunity?
- Hardy's thoughts of what might have been
- ABABCDCD rhyme scheme
- regularity
- Conversational feel as if he is recounting a story known to them both that is light-hearted and reminiscent
- Iambic diameter and tetrameter
- the manipulation of the meter shows that there a deeper feelings beneath the surface.
- 'strangers' ambiguity are they strangers to the inn or each other?
- Inspired by Hardy's relationship with aristocratic and literary Florence Henniker - slightly autobiogaphical
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