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thesis: in thomas hardy's poem the voice, he uses imagery, personification and rhyme to create the effect of a woman moving through the speaker's life. the woman that he once knew and that was once there is portrayed by the wind and how the wind sort of acts as the woman and tricks the man into thinking she is back.
I.) imagery- hardy uses imagery to show how the wind travelled through the land to the man and tricked him into thinking the woman was back.
- air-blue gown, air/wind image
- the breeze, wind image
- wind oozing, wind image
II.) personification- hardy personifies the wind as if it were the woman that the man misses and uses it as a tool to trick him and show how his feelings are shown.
III.) Rhyme- Hardy uses rhyme to move the peom along like the wind moves the man. the rhyme shceme helps the poem to flow and show how the wind flowed to the man.
- end rhyme,
- first stanza abac rhyme. ab through rest of poem.
VI.) tone- The tone of this piece is wanting and sort of nostalgic. the man misses the woman and is tricked by the wind into thinking she may be back. the nostaliga is seen in how he misses her.
conclusion: Hardy uses the literary techinques to create the movement of the woman and the feelings of the man in his poem from the p.o.v. of the speaker to show how the two were connected and how the man misses the woman still after what seems like a long time.