Discuss the darkling thrush as an elegy for the troubled 19th century
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The poet uses the language of elegy or a struggle which was undergone to pass over the nineteenth century.
It shows how life was difficult during the nineteenth century with the introduction of industrialization in England.
There was a downfall in religious faith and belief. Hardy experienced uncertainty and fear about the future. The poem also gives an imaginary grave and a death feel.
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In the last stanza of this ballad, the writer is astounded at the cheerful conduct of the fledgling : "So little reason for Carolings...". he doesn't comprehend the reason of this fervor:
"His upbeat great night air/Some honored Hope..." Is "the thrush" perhaps contrasting itself and the fanciful feathered creature of the Phoenix?: "...to toss his spirit/Upon the developing agony". The tone of the ballad is very negative.
It appears as though there is no future for mankind; however for this, wouldn't you say that the job of the warbler is that of giving some sort of "Expectation" to humankind?
- As the speaker appears to mourn the demise of God and the passing of Nature, might we be able to state that the lyric is written as a "funeral poem" as it likewise regrets the passing of the nineteenth century?
What's more, what is more terrible, the recently arrived twentieth century does not appear to offer a superior picture for humankind.
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