English Literature / Unit 14 ENL 1334 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Thomas Hardy the Poet
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The idea
Thomas Hardy regarded himself primarily as a poet, but his first collection appeared only in eighteen ninety-eight, after his novels. His poem "Drummer Hodge" mourns a young soldier buried "Uncoffined" in South Africa. His novels are in unit fifteen.
In practice
Novelist turned poet.
Where people slip
Hardy's poems are late Victorian and modern.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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