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How is the nineteenth century personified by Hardy in The Darkling Thrush?

How is the nineteenth century personified by Hardy in The Darkling Thrush?

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    The 19th century has been represented in the poem through personification by making the land come alive. The landscape as the century’s corpse shows the dying 19th century. Due to the Industrial Revolution, 19th century has become stagnant. The rhythm of conception and truth has slowed down remarkably. A new era is rising in the horizon and the 19th century is dying all this time by coming to an end soon.

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