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critically comment on Thomas Hardy use of symbols and imagery in his poetry?​

Answer 1

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• In terms of poetry, he was inspired a lot in the Elizabethan poetry. Hardy preferred poetry and he wrote verse throughout his life. His pessimist view, which was in contrast with beauty of nature and optimism of Victorians, was against the public taste of his time. Many of his works are based on rural life, his life

Answer 2

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Thomas Hardy (1840 – 1928) was contemporary with the critical events of two centuries; the second half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. In this period modernism has been initiated, developed and reached its peak. Though Hardy is considered a modernist poet and writer related to his style, technique, kind of narration, and literary approach, he seems to be subtly anti-modernist in his sixth novel The Return of The Native due to his alignment with his characters who resemble symbolically anti-modernist point of view. Hardy's bias against modernism is obvious through his consciousness of the shortcomings of modernism which is described by his statement "the ache of modernism". This novel is leaving a wide room for symbolic interpretation according to the writer's metaphorical language and his great intellectual background. His narration is crowded with symbols derived from the historical, mythological, and religious allusions. The most important symbols are: Egdon Heath, Rainbarrow, Bonfire, Wind and Storm, The moon, Eye sight, Gambling, and Paris. Hardy's characters tend to be symbolic rather than realistic especially for Clym Yeobright, Eustacia Vye, and Diggory Venn.