neutral tones

• quote 1 :

  ' we stood by a pond that winter day'
• quote 2:

  'like an ominous bird a-wing ...'
• quote 3

  ' and a pond edges with greyish leaves'
• 'we stood by a pond that winter day'

  • stood- past tense, memory ?, lack of movement- lifeless atmosphere
  • winter - cold, grey, bleak, dark
• 'like an ominous bird a-wing'

  • simile
  • bird- birds are often used as a symbol of bad luck/ death
  • ...- elipsis, signifies the end
• ' and a pond edged with greyish leaves'

  • pond- circular narrative, his feelings of resentment have not chnages
  • greyish- decaying, rotting (like his feelings for her?)
• structure:

  • cyclical rhyme scheme- repetition
  • 4 line stanzas
  • time shift
• neutral :

  • an inpartial or unbiased state or person
  • play grey cream or beige
• Thomas hardy:

  • victorian realist - critised marrige, education etc
  • many of his novels contain tragic characters
  • he believed to be better we must look at the worst
• Thomas hardy:

  • victorian realist - critised marrige, education etc
  • many of his novels contain tragic characters
  • he believed to be better we must look at the worst