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Thomas Hardy

Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?. Thomas Hardy. Victorian Poet

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Thomas Hardy

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  1. Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave? Thomas Hardy

  2. Victorian Poet • They wrote in many voices and many styles. Some writers, like Emily Bronte are classified as romantic Because they explore and celebrate the human soul, the wildness of nature, and the powers if imagination. Thomas however focused on the victimization of ordinary people by social and natural forces.

  3. 1840-1928 • South West England which was the main setting of most of his poems • Grew up in a rural cottage near a tract of waste land . • Went to public school • Did not go to college. • As a teenager he started working for a local architect. • He eventually became a local drafts man for a architect. • On a business trip to Cornwall he met his first wife. • She encouraged him to pursue poetry. • He started writing novels because he wasn’t gaining attention for his poetry • His novels were very pessimistic which disturbed allot of readers. People became so hostile he went back to poetry.

  4. "Ah, are you digging on my grave,            My loved one? — planting rue?"— "No: yesterday he went to wedOne of the brightest wealth has bred.'It cannot hurt her now,' he said,            'That I should not be true.'" "Then who is digging on my grave,            My nearest dearest kin?"— "Ah, no: they sit and think, 'What use!What good will planting flowers produce?No tendance of her mound can loose            Her spirit from Death's gin.'" "But someone digs upon my grave?            My enemy? — prodding sly?"— "Nay: when she heard you had passed the GateThat shuts on all flesh soon or late,She thought you no more worth her hate,            And cares not where you lie.  "Then, who is digging on my grave?            Say — since I have not guessed!"— "O it is I, my mistress dear,Your little dog , who still lives near,And much I hope my movements here            Have not disturbed your rest?" "Ah yes! You dig upon my grave…            Why flashed it not to meThat one true heart was left behind!What feeling do we ever findTo equal among human kind            A dog's fidelity!" "Mistress, I dug upon your grave            To bury a bone, in caseI should be hungry near this spotWhen passing on my daily trot.I am sorry, but I quite forgot            It was your resting place."

  5. First Stanza Her husband is not the one digging on her grave. Because he is remarried and no longer worry or think about her. "Ah, are you digging on my grave,            My loved one? — planting rue?"— "No: yesterday he went to wedOne of the brightest wealth has bred.'It cannot hurt her now,' he said,            'That I should not be true.'" 

  6. Second Stanzas It is not her cousin digging upon her grave because her cousin believes that it is useless to mourn over the dead. "Then who is digging on my grave,            My nearest dearest kin?"— "Ah, no: they sit and think, 'What use!What good will planting flowers produce?No tendance of her mound can loose            Her spirit from Death's gin.'" 

  7. Third Stanza It is not her enemy that could be digging on her grave because with her death the hatred of her died. But someone digs upon my grave?            My enemy? — prodding sly?"— "Nay: when she heard you had passed the GateThat shuts on all flesh soon or late,She thought you no more worth her hate,            And cares not where you lie.

  8. Four Stanza It is her dog digging on her grave. "Then, who is digging on my grave?            Say — since I have not guessed!"— "O it is I, my mistress dear,Your little dog , who still lives near,And much I hope my movements here            Have not disturbed your rest?" 

  9. Fifth Stanza She believes the dog is digging upon her grave because it misses and love her. She now believes that a dog love is the pure and true love. "Ah yes! You dig upon my grave…            Why flashed it not to meThat one true heart was left behind!What feeling do we ever findTo equal among human kind            A dog's fidelity!" 

  10. Sixth Stanza In actuality the dog has forgotten she was buried there. And only dug on her grave to hide a bone where he passes by everyday. "Mistress, I dug upon your grave            To bury a bone, in caseI should be hungry near this spotWhen passing on my daily trot.I am sorry, but I quite forgot            It was your resting place."

  11. Theme • When you die you will eventually be forgotten and all your loved ones will move on with their lives.

  12. Work Cited • Prentice Hall Literature The British Tradition Common Core Edition Pearson.

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