The Darkling Thrush

However, when the bird enters in the second stanza, the poem then becomes more joyful. The thrush which is a kind of bird, begins to sing and “had chosen thus to fling his soul / Upon the growing gloom” (23-24). The bird makes the speaker realize can always improve. Even though the thrush is “frail, gaunt, and small,” (21) it is able to bring a great amount happiness into ones life. This shows how one does not necessarily need to be physically strong in order to help others and that some of the happiest moments in life may be the small ones. As Dickinson also implies, hope can be available to the least powerful people and some of the strongest can be weak and in need. The extremely ecstatic tone throughout the end of the poem provides a huge contrast from the beginning of the poem showing how much of a difference a small amount of hope can make to even the most accomplished people as well as the less fortunate…

Unlike the skylark who is a ‘scorner of the ground’ or the nightingale whose presence is only felt, the thrush is more mundane and close to the ground. The Victorian poets (writers) are more socially conscious and alive to the complexities of life, with an awareness of social responsibility, a feature distinctly absent in the Romantics. Hence, Hardy’s The Darkling Thrush presents a gloomy, pessimistic and worn out world in the first two stanzas with artistic fidelity to reality. The ‘broken…

there’s always something that’s gone in one’s life. Bronte’s poem, Remembrance, and Hardy’s poems, The Darkling Thrush, and Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave? Are three poems that help us better understand the things we don’t really notice that we are missing. In the poem Remembrance, by Emily Bronte, one understands the loss of a loved one. In the poem The Darkling Thrush, by Thomas Hardy one is told how it feels to have no hope, having all hope gone! The last poem by Thomas Hardy is, Ah, Are…

Brontë has an interesting look on hope. In her poem called “life” she explains some days you might have rough cloudy days, causing you to trudge but hope will pick you up and your despair will vanish. On the other hand, Emily Dickinson has a slightly different look comparing hope to an undefeatable bird. The theme they have in common is hope, though it is described In different ways it has similar qualities. In Charlotte Bronte’s poem, “Life” she explains life will not be perfect, you will wake…

Thomas Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush” is famous for being written on New Year’s Eve, which marked the turn of the century. The very work darkling is an old word which has been used since the 15th century, while the Thrush is a type of songbird which is known for its beautiful voice. The title as a whole could be literally interpreted as a songbird whose song which is slowly fading over time but will not be forgotten. A deeper interpretation could be the fact that Hardy is perhaps looking back on…

In “The Darkling Thrush,” Thomas Hardy skillfully employs personification, syntax, and descriptive diction in order to convey that hope can always be found even amidst death and destruction. In the time Hardy writes this poem, the Industrial Revolution in Britain had been dwindling down and factories and smog had filled the air. He uses the poem in a way to express the devastating effects the modern world has on nature through personification, as well as the use of diction. He introduces a shift…

to another and it tends to be a very special gift for anyone to have. Most poets write in a symbolic language, and "The Darkling Thrush" by Thomas Hardy seems to follow under that category of symbolic language. Verses such as: "The weakening eye of day" ("The Darkling Thrush" 4), and "In blast-beruffled plume, / Had chosen thus to fling his soul" ("The Darkling Thrush" 22-23). There are many points however within the poem that could possibly be literal and not symbolic, so the poem could…

In conclusion, the different literary works show all different types of struggles teaching one lesson to overcome it. Beginning with social struggle: Beowulf, "The wife's Lament”, "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" and Sir Gawain and the Green Night. Each one faces a social struggle to play their role in society. Everyone role in society is crucial, if not taken seriously it impacts the whole community. Gawain and Beowulf as great warrior, teach one to follow their duty as to defend the…

film adaption for a popular book. The creator chooses an actor based on who they most think fits the character and embodies their “voice” best but it isn’t unusual for it to be disputed or for audiences to disagree with this decision because they thought someone would have played the role better. The ability to make this choice while adapting a work creates an ownership of it because they choose the voice but it is also a responsibility to choose a voice or person who most reflects the character…