English Literature AS - Thomas Hardy - Beeny Cliff

Beeny Cliff



Key points

Beeny Cliff is the name of a cliff overlooking the British Channel.

Representation of a relationship as Hardy used to visit Cornwall with his
wife Emma.

The poem follows the narrator as he attempts to bring back/look back at the
memories he shared with `that woman'.…

Beeny Cliff



loss of life which he is merely able to fully exert through a poem.

Stanza two:

`Plained' is a heterograph (the use of different letters or groups of letters to represent the same sound
or sounds) the word `planed' means to glide which fits in with the surface…

Beeny Cliff