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Poet: Thomas Hardy
Poem: The Fallow Deer At The Lonely House
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Dec 19 2004
Comment 1 of 1, added on April 24th, 2006 at 9:24 AM.
This was one of the poems we had to read as part of our IGCSE Poetry Anthology. A short poem, it has so much meaning that we are left awed at the power of poetry in spreading intense meanings compactly.
This is a poem dealing with nature but has a deeper connotation. The character in this poem that has the major role is a deer who is "one without", i.e. he is deprived. He "looks in tonight" while we sit by "the fender-brink". Basically there is a huge contrast that Hardy paints between the needy and the fulfilled.
The rhyme in this poem is rather memorable and so is the structure. It is a simply beautiful poem, not hard to understand, but carries a great impact.
I'm sure you will enjoy the poem as much as I did. :)
Salwa from New Zealand
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This was one of the poems we had to read as part of our IGCSE Poetry Anthology. A short poem, it has so much meaning that we are left awed at the power of poetry in spreading intense meanings compactly.
This is a poem dealing with nature but has a deeper connotation. The character in this poem that has the major role is a deer who is "one without", i.e. he is deprived. He "looks in tonight" while we sit by "the fender-brink". Basically there is a huge contrast that Hardy paints between the needy and the fulfilled.
The rhyme in this poem is rather memorable and so is the structure. It is a simply beautiful poem, not hard to understand, but carries a great impact.
I'm sure you will enjoy the poem as much as I did. :)
Salwa from New Zealand