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    The metaphors used in this poem is to describe the landscape in order to provoke despair. The speaker says in the beginning that “Frost was spectre-grey.” In order to make the dejected ambience more profound, Frost develops human like characteristics in “spectre- grey.” He even says the “land’s sharRead more

    The metaphors used in this poem is to describe the landscape in order to provoke despair. The speaker says in the beginning that “Frost was spectre-grey.” In order to make the dejected ambience more profound, Frost develops human like characteristics in “spectre- grey.” He even says the “land’s sharp features seem to be the Century’s corpse out leant.” This metaphor seem to embody the dead century. The sharp features of the land seems to be the Century’s dead body and the cloud, in the next line, works as a canopy, covering up the body. Another metaphor is seen when he says that the thrush’s song is like “evensong”, the evening prayers and songs performed as rituals in the Anglican Church.

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    The thrush’s song brings a sense of hope and happiness by going past all dejections and despair. The song is not just any song but a “full-hearted evensong of joy illimited” bringing forth an ecstatic feeling. The thrush is aware of some blessed Hope which the speaker is yet to find. It raises the cRead more

    The thrush’s song brings a sense of hope and happiness by going past all dejections and despair. The song is not just any song but a “full-hearted evensong of joy illimited” bringing forth an ecstatic feeling. The thrush is aware of some blessed Hope which the speaker is yet to find. It raises the comfort that Hope can make a man cross boundaries.

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    The lines 5/6 in the poem suggests the desolate day. The simile of the thick tangled stems of the plant as a broken lyre scoring the sky adds more to the speaker’s grief and sadness. The world seems to be sad and the sky is mirroring that earthly sadness. Read summary of The Darkling Thrush

    The lines 5/6 in the poem suggests the desolate day. The simile of the thick tangled stems of the plant as a broken lyre scoring the sky adds more to the speaker’s grief and sadness. The world seems to be sad and the sky is mirroring that earthly sadness.

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    The imageries used in the poem are mostly through metaphors and similes. The poet then compares the sky to a canopy. He says that the land becomes a map of everything that has happened over the course of the century. It seems to embody the dead century. The sharp features of the land seem to be theRead more

    The imageries used in the poem are mostly through metaphors and similes. The poet then compares the sky to a canopy. He says that the land becomes a map of everything that has happened over the course of the century. It seems to embody the dead century. The sharp features of the land seem to be the Century’s dead body and the cloud works as a canopy covering up the body. The simile of the thick “tangled bine stems” soaring the sky as a broken lyre adds more to the poet’s sorrow and grief around him.

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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 remarkabRead more

    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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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem, “The Darkling Thrush”:- 1. Metaphor:- it refers to any word or expression that in literal usage denotes one kind of thing is applied to a distinctly different kind of thing without asserting a comparison. Here it has been used to describe the settRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem, “The Darkling Thrush”:-

    1. Metaphor:- it refers to any word or expression that in literal usage denotes one kind of thing is applied to a distinctly different kind of thing without asserting a comparison. Here it has been used to describe the setting of the winter sun and the day coming to an end by saying, “weakening eye of the day.” Also while describing the thrush’s zeal for life the poet says, “fling his soul.”

    2. Alliteration:- it is for the lyrical musicality of the poem since it refers to the repetition of a speech sound in a sequence of nearby words. In some lines the consonant ‘c’ has been stressed like “his crypt the clpudy canopy” or in lines like “That I could think there trembled through” the consonant ‘t’ has been stressed.

    3. Simile:- it is an elaborate comparison is made between two distinctly different things, and it is explicitly indicated by the word ‘like’ or ‘as.’  Over here, by saying “The tangled bine stems scored the sky/ Like strings of broken lyre” the poet adds more to the sadness and grief around him.

    4. Symbolism:- it is applied only to a phrase or a word that represents an event or an object which in its turn signifies something, or suggests a range of reference, beyond itself. The poet says “The land’s sharp features seemed to be/ The century’s corpse outleant.” He says how the land, undergone throughout the century, is dying and reflecting the dying century in turn.

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    Some of the alliteration used in this poem is when the speaker says “crypt the cloudy canopy.” He used the ‘c’ consonant to give emphasis to the cloud covering up the dead century as if its a body. Another can be found while describing the forlorn condition of the bird when the speaker says “blast-bRead more

    Some of the alliteration used in this poem is when the speaker says “crypt the cloudy canopy.” He used the ‘c’ consonant to give emphasis to the cloud covering up the dead century as if its a body. Another can be found while describing the forlorn condition of the bird when the speaker says “blast-beruffled plume.” Another example of alliteration in the poem can be okay when the speaker says “That I could think there trembled through.”

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    The tone of the poem is quite formal, written in the form of an ode, which is a conventional lyric poem addressing to a particular subject. It deals with the lack of hope and starts in a gloomy, somber tone till it reaches the end of the poem, regaining hope finally. Read summary of The Darkling ThrRead more

    The tone of the poem is quite formal, written in the form of an ode, which is a conventional lyric poem addressing to a particular subject. It deals with the lack of hope and starts in a gloomy, somber tone till it reaches the end of the poem, regaining hope finally.

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    Thomas Hardy wrote the poem presumably in the year 1900, marking the end of the century in his poem. Read summary of The Darkling Thrush

    Thomas Hardy wrote the poem presumably in the year 1900, marking the end of the century in his poem.

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