During Wind and Rain Thomas Hardy Full analysis
In the poem During Wind and Rain, Hardy uses up to 5 themes ,4 major ones and a minor one in it to portray the imagery and situation of what the poet himself is trying to set forward. The first theme of Time shows how Hardy is very aware that time moves on. Nothing lasts for-ever. All joys are temporary. Human happiness is only temporary. Each stanza ends with an image of the years passing. He seems to regret the changes that time has brought to the happy family scenes. In all case Hardy introduces the subject of the years passing with ‘Ah, no’. Hardy thinks the happy family are unaware that time will end their happiness together. In the third stanza he comments on how ‘blithe’ or unaware they are of the tragedy of decay and death in time. Hardy portrays time as the enemy of happiness. Time may also destroy the memorial to the family as it ‘ploughs’ through their carved name.
Second theme of Family Life on the other hand shows how Hardy portrays family in various activities. They entertain each other with songs, they work together in the garden, they enjoy a breakfast together in the garden and they move house together. A spirit of co-operation and happiness is very obvious. All the images of the family emphasise their togetherness. The poem shows the family growing up from juniors to men and maidens. The family seem innocent and good natured. They all seem unaware that time is a threat that hangs over their happy activities. The last stanza shows that they have been successful and have gained in prosperity as they prepare to move to a new house. On another level this house may mean heaven; that their final destiny as a family is to die. The last line shows that they have all died.
Third major theme of the poem would be death, he explains how No matter how happy life can be, death awaits all. Hardy ends each stanza with a reminder of death. The most striking image of death is the word ‘carved’ in the final stanza. Hardy even suggests that in time the weather
Second theme of Family Life on the other hand shows how Hardy portrays family in various activities. They entertain each other with songs, they work together in the garden, they enjoy a breakfast together in the garden and they move house together. A spirit of co-operation and happiness is very obvious. All the images of the family emphasise their togetherness. The poem shows the family growing up from juniors to men and maidens. The family seem innocent and good natured. They all seem unaware that time is a threat that hangs over their happy activities. The last stanza shows that they have been successful and have gained in prosperity as they prepare to move to a new house. On another level this house may mean heaven; that their final destiny as a family is to die. The last line shows that they have all died.
Third major theme of the poem would be death, he explains how No matter how happy life can be, death awaits all. Hardy ends each stanza with a reminder of death. The most striking image of death is the word ‘carved’ in the final stanza. Hardy even suggests that in time the weather