(Hardy/Eliot) Journeys
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- Journeys
- During Wind and Rain
- 'creeping', 'shadily' + 'glimpse'
- Progressive verbs imitate time's effect/ journey
- lack of light suggests end of time/ life is dawning
- 'the rotten rose is ript from the wall'
- violent alliteration shows the physical aspects of time
- Written 5 years after Emma's death (still affected)
- A rose is typically a symbol of love/romance
- Hardy used Naturalism in his poetry to create Romanticism
- violent alliteration shows the physical aspects of time
- 'candles mooning'
- Oxymoronic effect as 'candles' contrast cold light of the 'moon'
- Creates a ghostly image, shows mortality of humans
- The moon controls the tides - its phases reflect cycle of life
- Pale moon light creates a sickly effect (devoid of warmth)
- Candles produce meager amounts of light (futile effect)
- Oxymoronic effect as 'candles' contrast cold light of the 'moon'
- 'creeping', 'shadily' + 'glimpse'
- In A Waiting Room
- 'no train came in'
- Metaphor for death
- Modernist image
- Hardy had a lot of respect for Eliot's work
- 'some high altar, children - a pair -'
- Hyphons suggests protection OR surrounded on all sides
- Children are symbolic of hope (links to spring morning)
- Children have the power to change future
- Not separated like 'a soldier and wife'
- Religious connotations, children placed above
- Hardy was an atheist but acknowledged its importance to Emma
- Hardy never had any children, so could convey regret
- J. Clipper: 'His view of life was that since there is no God to give meaning to life, Man is alone in the Universe'
- 'morning sick'
- Oxymoron creates recessive effect
- Hardy used Naturalism in his poetry to create Romanticism
- Oxymoron creates recessive effect
- 'no train came in'
- Animula
- 'taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree'
- 'Taking' is a bold, assertive word. (Suggests 'new soul' holds world in its hands
- Christmas setting references Christ, the most important soul to be born
- 'fragrant' uses senses, as if 'new soul' is open to all possibilities
- 'curl up the small soul in the window seat behind the Encyclopedia'
- 'Encyclopedia' is a modernist image, suggests education
- 'window' suggests enlightenment but is never opened
- Watches others but does not act (ignorance was bliss)
- 'behind' creates a recessive/ backward effect
- Sibilance emphasises he is letting life slip away
- Hadrian died having lived a full life. Now Eliot fears for his soul
- Dante’s/ Eliot's soul is compared to a seeker of God who is deflected by daily trifles and follies.
- Continuous theme of lack of movement (Prufrock)
- Poem follows a structure: in this section the 'soul withdraws from the world'
- 'taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree'
- Marina
- 'more distant than the stars and nearer than the eye'
- Eyes are a classical image - 'windows to the soul'
- Humanity is blinded to the truth
- Stars typically used to navigate (no purpose without daughter)
- Shakespeare's Pericles sails the world believing his daughter is dead, only to discover her alive and well
- Is Eliot hoping for a miracle?
- Shakespeare's Pericles sails the world believing his daughter is dead, only to discover her alive and well
- Modern perspective of eyes - connected by genes
- Stars are symbols of fate - hope of finding her
- Eliot 'seems to represent a withdrawal from the outer world and an exploration of the inner life'
- Eyes are a classical image - 'windows to the soul'
- 'sit in a sty of contentment'
- Oxymoron creates an ignorant effect
- Society depicted as wallowing pigs
- 'sit' emphasises lack of movement
- 'sty' could alternatively mean eye infection
- 'more distant than the stars and nearer than the eye'
- During Wind and Rain
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