The Darkling Thrush
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The Darkling Thrush p.1057
Thomas Hardy's The Darkling Thrush, is a poem full of much sorrow. It is dark and bleak, just as it's title is. Although it is so unhappy, it is also very deep. This poem is one of the many example's of Hardy's talent.
The poem is a lyric, with a rhyme scheme of abab. It is written in iambic pentameter, and it consists of quatrains. It is talking about a lack of faith.
Hardy begins his poem talking about his setting. It was winter, and it was cold and dark...