In the poem Thomas Hardy was talking about how him and his lovers relationship was not as strong as they thought it would be because he saying things such as how they “stood by a pond that winter day” and how the leaves had fallen from and ash and they were grey. To me that doesn’t really sound like a positive relationship. Because saying things such as how the leaves are grey doesn’t really represent a nice good relationship.Things such as how the leaves were grey and how they would stand by the pond on a winters day sounds dull.

he also talks about how they use to make riddles years ago which shows the readers that they were a better couple many years ago this also shows that they have been together for a long time which to me sounds like they really loved each other but in the first paragraph it sounds like its a new fresh relationship and maybe they don’t really know that much about each other. But in the second paragraph he talks about the good times they had so his shows it might miss the way how they use to be.

In the third paragraph Thomas Hardy talks about her looks and how her smile was the “deadliest thing alive enough to have strength to die and a grin of bitterness swept there by like a ominous bird a wing.” This shows maybe he still loves her because if he doesn’t really love her how he use to other wise her wouldn’t be talking about her how he is now.

In the last paragraph he talks about what went wrong with the relationship The reader is left entirely alone to make up their mind about any reaction to the poem they might have. However, it is important to remember that the reader is dealing with only one side of the story – the speaker’s. We have no idea how the other person feels or what they think, so for the reader it is much harder to remain entirely neutral.

keen lessons that love deceives And wrings with wrong, have shaped to me/ Your face’  Stanza four reveals that time has moved on and what we have been reading about so far has happened in the past. This shows the lasting power of the memory and the impact it has had on the speaker’s view of love.

The speaker reflects back to a particular moment in their life when they realised that the love had died between them and the person they were in a relationship with. They consider what this moment has meant to them since. The speaker reflects back to a particular moment in their life when they realised that the love had died between them and the person they were in a relationship with. They consider what this moment has meant to them since. The speaker does not reach a conclusion about who is to blame for the end of the relationship and remains the same.