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Why is hardy's speaker disappointed in 'you did not come'?
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‘A Broken Appointment’ depicts a situation in which the lyrical voice laments that his lover didn’t turn up to an arranged meeting. Thus, the lyrical voice meditates on the rejection that surrounds love.
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A Broken Appointment. By Thomas Hardy. You did not come, And marching Time drew on, and wore me numb,—. Yet less for loss of your dear presence there. Than that I thus found lacking in your make. That high compassion which can overbear. Reluctance for pure lovingkindness’ sake.
A Broken Appointment. You did not come, And marching Time drew on, and wore me numb. Yet less for loss of your dear presence there. Than that I thus found lacking in your make. That high compassion which can overbear. Reluctance for pure lovingkindness' sake. Grieved I, when, as the hope-hour stroked its sum, You did not come. You love not me,
Nov 18, 2016 · ‘A Broken Appointment’ should be better-known in Thomas Hardy’s poetical oeuvre. This short analysis has addressed some of the features of the poem which we find most striking, but what strikes you about it?
Thomas Hardy's "A Broken Appointment" is a melancholy poem in which the speaker gets stood up by the woman that he loves. The speaker complains that the woman's non-arrival breaks a kind of ethical code and that human beings (like her) ought to treat others (like him) with "lovingkindness."
A Broken Appointment. Thomas Hardy. Much of Thomas Hardy’s poetry focuses on disappointed love. These reflect his true experiences; he had several difficult relationships with women. In...
May 13, 2011 · A Broken Appointment. Thomas Hardy 1840 (Stinsford) – 1928 (Dorchester, Dorset) Friendship. Life. Love. You did not come, And marching Time drew on, and wore me numb. Yet less for loss of your dear presence there. Than that I thus found lacking in your make. That high compassion which can overbear. Reluctance for pure lovingkindness' sake.
