Nicole's review
Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)
by Thomas Hardy
Nicole's review
Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Nicole's review
rating:
recommended for: people who like poetry and or Hardy's novels
I know a little too much about Thomas Hardy, thanks to a college seminar on his life and work. It's my humble opinion that some of Hardy's poetry is genius, like Neutral Tones. Much of his poetry is heavy with regret, memory, bleakness, mourning, and lots of other profound emotions. There are some happier poems, but don't read Hardy for a pep talk on love or human nature.
I am particularly drawn to his poetry about war (what my senior paper was all about), and recommend you read "Poems of War and Patriotism" in Moments of Vision, "The Man He Killed", and "Channel Firing" among many others. Hardy was an old man by the time World War I was raging and he was tired of man's self destruction.
So take some time and sit with Mr. Hardy. If you've loved and lost, then he's the man for you.
I am particularly drawn to his poetry about war (what my senior paper was all about), and recommend you read "Poems of War and Patriotism" in Moments of Vision, "The Man He Killed", and "Channel Firing" among many others. Hardy was an old man by the time World War I was raging and he was tired of man's self destruction.
So take some time and sit with Mr. Hardy. If you've loved and lost, then he's the man for you.
