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Satires of Circumstances, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces /, Thomas Hardy

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Satires of Circumstances, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces /, Thomas Hardy

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eng

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Main title

Satires of Circumstances

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963760496

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Thomas Hardy

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Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces /

Summary

The 1912 death of Thomas Hardy's estranged first wife, Emma Gifford Hardy, had a profound effect on the poet, inspiring him to compose some of his most brilliant verse. Published in 1914, the poetry collection "Satires of Circumstances" includes "Poems of 1912-13," a heartrending 18-poem sequence that explores the grief suffered upon the death of a loved one. Opening with "The Going" ("Not even I - would undo me so!") and closing with the "The Phantom Horsewoman" ("But she still rides gaily, In his rapt thought"), the intensely personal sequence is considered among the best work of Hardy's poetry career. Also included in "Satires of Circumstances" are a number of other poems demonstrating Hardy's remarkable poetry skill, including "The Convergence of the Twain," a haunting poem on the sinking of the Titanic

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