AFTERWARDS –---- Thomas Hardy
1.
Write
a note about Hardy’s attitude to life and nature. (
Substance)
OR, Write a short note on the poet’s desire
to be remembered after death in ‘Afterwards’
Ans: Hardy was a
great lover of nature and of the innocent birds and beast. He wishes that after
his death his friends will remember him as such.
The poet loved the beauties of Nature. The
month of May came with soft, green leaves on the trees. The poet saw these
things and felt very happy. He notices the dewy evening scene, when a hawk
silently came down on an upland thorn tree. He loved to see the timid hedgehog
moving about stealthily over the lawn on a dark night. He tried to save them
from cruelty of men. He loved to watch the mysterious starry sky of winter. He
noticed the rise and fall of the sounds of a church-bell at the death of some persons.
From this poem we also learn that Hardy
deeply though over human mortality.
2.
Write
a short note on the title of the poem, ‘Afterwards’
Ans: The poet
Thomas Hardy thinks what would happen after his death. If he dies in summer
when nature is bright, the neighbours would say that the poet had a keen eye
for such scenes. If he dies at dusk when hawk sits upon the thorny plant, a
gazer would say that he had a great love in his heart for such familiar
sights. If the poet dies at night when
the hedgehog tries to find out a safe place, somebody would remark that the
poet thought of these innocent animals and tried to save them. As a great lover
of nature the poet wants to live in the mind of his neighbours after his death.
So the title is appropriate.
3.
How
does Hardy describe the May month in the poem ‘Afterwards’
Ans: The poet was a lover of all sweet
sounds and pleasant scenes of nature. He loved to the beauty of nature during
the month of May. He imagines that after his death the May month will come
again. The green leaves will fill the branches of the trees in the month of
May. The new leaves appearing in spring presents a very beautiful sight. They
appear to be as beautiful as silk that has been newly woven.
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