3.2 The technique for Collecting Data
The collecting data is very important. In this analysis seven poems that express about love. I collected some references which are related to this thesis. One of books that the writer used for the
data of the Life and Literary work of Thomas Hardy 1984 : 20 book, Michael, Millgate write about completes how living by Hardy’s like his childhood to adulthood and in this book contents his
life, his religion and his love. It is very useful to find out his biography and can be easy to analyze his poems especially love poems. And the books that the writer used for the data of Apresiasi Puisi- Puisi
Sastra Inggris Siswantoro. Wherever, this books content about meaning, element of poetry and how to analyze a poem ? it is very helpful to analyze those who want to analyze poetry.
After that, I tried to collect the data from the books as many possible which contain Hardy’s about love in some his poems.
3.3 The technique for Analyzing Data
After collecting data like read some books who related it. And finally I tries to analyze seven about love to his late wife. Before it, I am studying his biography especially his late wife because
after his wife dead, he began a series of love poems about his late wife write.
In this analyze, I will discuss based on stanza and line in a every love poems.
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CHAPTER IV
THOMAS HARDY’S IDEA ABOUT LOVE IN SOME OF HIS
POEMS
In this chapter, the thesis writer will discuss seven poems of Thomas hardy which are already chosen.
This chapter will discuss each of the poems concerning their use of imaginary for the expression of the idea about love to his late wife. The discussion will be used to prove that
use of imaginary reveal the theme of romantic love and how to deep expression idea about love to his late wife.
4.1 Unforgettable Memories
There are two poems who talk about unforgettable memories. They are At castle Botherel and After a Journey.
Thomas hardy visited place who have memories to his late wife. Although his wife dead, he is so fall love it. Because according him, love is unforgettable memories. Wherever,
unforgettable memories is not forgettable enduring in memory. This poem was written during March 1913 when Hardy’s visited Coornwall after the
death of his wife. Castle Botherel is Bostcastle about a mile from St. Juliot where Emma his wife lived when she first me Hardy travelling along a road near Bostcastle. Hardy recalled a
particular incident which took place on it between himself and Emma forty years before.
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For remembered to his late wife, in this poem content this place possible a declaration of love is left the imagination for Hardy the importance lies in the fact that it happened and is
still remembered in spite of time’s hardness in removing the substance of what happened. In this poem ‘ at castle boterel’ , I meets a long of imagery inside. They are visual
imagery, tactile imagery, tension imagery, internal sensation, and imagery. Structurally, lines 1-21 talk about how Hardy remembers the journey in the past with Emma. Lines 22-36.
However, show that Hardy is in the present time and he realize that his romance with Emma will have never happened again
As I drive the junction of lane and highway, And the drizzle bedrenches the waggonette,
I look behind the fading byway, And see on its slope, now glistening wet,
Distinctly yet stanza 1, lines 1-5
The visual imagery in the first stanza here is ‘lane’ in line 1 = As I drive to the junction lane ; ‘highway’ in line 1 = and highway ; drizzle in line 2= and the drizzle
bedrenches the waggonette by way in line 3= I Look at the fading by way slope in line 4 = And see on its slope and’ glistening’ in line 4 =now glistening those scenes try to make the
readers know that Hardy is in middle of a Journey to somewhere. In the readers ‘imagination’, they can see the junction of the lane, the highway, the drizzle, the fading way, the slope,
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And I think in this one stanza that Hardy expression unhappy quality of the present b ecause Hardy’s not a chanche to say goodbye to his late wife.
In the second stanza the thesis writers meets visual imagery such as ‘ girlish’ in line 6= My self and a girlish from benighted road in line 7= we climb the road and ‘pony’ in
line 9 = to ease the sturdy pony’s load those lines show the intimacy between Hardy and Emma since they both do the same activities.
Besides the visual imagery, there are three other kind of imagery in the second stanza which function as a supplement elements that clarifies the poem. Namely auditory imagery
such as ‘ sigh’ in line 10= When he signed tactile imagery such as ‘dry’ in line 7 = In dry March weather ; and imagery like ‘ climb’ in line 7 = We climb the road in the
poem they are put in the second stanza. Line 6-10 :
My self and a girlish form benighted In dry March weather. We climb the road
Beside a chaise. We had just alighted To ease the sturdy pony’s load
When he sighed and slowed. stanza 2, lines 6-10
Lines 6-10 above, Hardy lets the readers know his memories with Emma in dry weather of March; how they both climb the road and when the feel alight ease the pony when he sighed and
slowed. Those lines also reflects the intimacy between Hardy and Emma and how they regard toward each other because it is clear to the readers when they are together they feel happy. And I think in this
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Hardy tells for use it contrast with the present wet, unpleasant March weather and suggest the greater happiness of the March of the past.
In the third stanza below, there are two imageries that are auditory imagery such as ‘talk’ in
line 12 = talked of and motion imagery for example ‘ climb’ in line 11 ; What we did as we climbed the sense of sound and movement that appear in the poem shows the intimacy between
Hardy and Emma; what they talk about and what they are doing. They appear in the first and last line of the stanza :
What we did as we climbed, and what we talked of
Matters not much, nor to what it led Something that life will not be balked of
Without rude reason till hope is dead, And feeling fled.
stanza 3, lines 11-16
There are two other kind of imagery in the fourth stanza of this poem in bottom. They are
tension imagery in the word ‘climb’ in line 20 = Thought it has been climbed and the internal sensation in the world ‘ foot- sore’ in line 20 = Though it has been climbed, foot- swift, foot- sore
. In the poem they are put in lines 20-21 :
It filled but a minute. But was there ever A time of such quality, since or before
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In that hill’s story? To one mind never, Though it has been climbed, foot-swift, foot- sore,
By thousands more. stanza 4 , lines 17- 21
Lines 17-21 reflect how their relationship happened in a very limited time but for Hardy it feels like forever. So, the readers can see that those lines show the memories of Emma to Hardy will
last forever. In the fifth stanza below, the readers can see that this stanza is full with the visual imagery.
They are ‘ rocks’ in line 22 = Primaeval rocks ; road’s border in line 22 = from the road’s steep border ; border colour in line 25 = But what they record in colour sight in line 28 = Has ruled
from sight ; figure in line 29 = remains the slope and the ‘night’ in line 30 = As when that night all these natural things are related to the experienced of the poet with Emma, that is what
they do in that place.
Primaeval rocks form the road’s steep border, And much have they faced there, first and last,
Of the transitory in Earth’s long order, But what they record in colour and cast
Is – that we two passed. stanza 5, lines 22- 26
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The above five lines show the image that the rocks only record that we two passed. It means how Hardy and Emma finally can pass their journey of life together. Somehow, it also shows the
intimacy between them. In line 27-31, Hardy describes that he always remembers the things he did with Emma.
And to me, though Time’s unflinching rigour, In mindless rote, has ruled from sight
The substance now, ne phantom figure Remains on the slope, as when that night
Saw us alight. stanza 6, lines 27-31
The last stanza contains the visual imagery and auditory imagery. The visual imagery is used
in the word ‘it’ which refer to the word ‘one’ phantom figure in line 32 = I look and see it there ; ‘rain’ in line 33 = I look back at it a mid the rain = ; ‘ sand’ in line 34 = for my sand is sinking
; while the auditory imagery reflects in the word ‘ shrinking’ in line 31 = I look and see it there,
shrinking, shrinking . As the readers can see in the first to third line : I look and see it there, shrinking, shrinking
I look back at it a mid the rain For the very last time,; for my sand is sinking,
And I shall traverse old love’s domain Never again
stanza 7, line 32- 36
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Finally, in the last five lines above, the imagery is used to show the attitudes of Hardy to ward his old that he should never traverse it again.
I find out from this analysis, the poet uses the imagery of sight sound, tension, internal sensation, touch, and kinesthetic to make the readers realize the flash back of Hardy’s toward the
things he did with Emma in the past. The passion and intimacy are also reflected from the way Hardy’s describe about places they used to go, they used to do such as climb the road and some this
poem also shows that when Emma and Hardy together they feel happy and the contrary they do not feel happy if they are separate which support and idea love in this poem is value each other’s person.
Poem “ After a Journey” related to unforgettable memories.
he central point of this poem is the journey of Hardy to the past memories. Structurally, line 11- 16 concern with Thomas Hardy tries to find Emma and then he is able to ‘re- enter’ Emma’s
olden haunts. Lines 17-32 give an impression that Emma leads him to memories of their past. Obviously, through imaginary of the sight, sound, tension, taste, and the internal sensation Thomas
Hardy hope that the readers know about the romance between Hardy and Emma, how their relationship was.
I come interview a Voiceless ghost ; Whither, O whither will its whim now draw me
Up the Clift, down, till I’m lonely, lost And then unseen waters soliloquies awe me
Where you will next be there’s no knowing
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Facing round about me everywhere With your not- coloured hair
And grays eyes and rose, flush coming and going stanza 1, line 1-8
In lines 1-8, in the thesis, I can see that the speaker want to interview a voiceless ghost, he searches it every – where but he is lost. Later, his finding out that the ghost is around him still with
her nut- coloured hair and her rose- flush which means redness of the cheek that is coming and going. Through auditory imagery, in the thesis I can imagine that the poetics waiting for Emma but
in the imagine of a ghost to make conversation with him. “ I come to interview a Voiceless ghost”
line 1. At this point, the readers can see the poet’s passion to Emma by using the word ‘ interview’ which explain his hope that Emma will come and talk with him. However, this line also shows the
poet respects toward the value of her even if she appears as ghost. The next is visual imagery that shows the characteristic of Emma. The visual imagery of
Emma that the poet uses also shows the intimacy of them. Emma’s hair : “without your not- coloured hair” line : 7, eye “gray eyes” line 8 and “ rose- flush” in line 8 = rose- flush
coming and going . The visual imaginary given in this poem triggers the thesis I to participate in the
poem. In the sense that it makes the thesis writer experiences the imaginary poem as if the real world were at this present time.
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Yes I have re- entered your olden haunts as last Through the years, through the dead scenes I have tracked your
What have you now found to say of our past- Viewed across the dark space wherein I have lacked you
Summer gave us sweets, but autumn wrought division ? Things were not lastly as firstly well
With us twain, you tell But all’s closed now, despite times derision
stanza 2, line 9-16
In lines 9- 16, the speaker shows his feeling of regret since their relationship is not “ lastly as firstly well “. In addition, according hardy seemed to see Emma’s ghost in the lonely
countryside of that the Cornwall, telling him mutely that the years of division had all been a mistake. From these statement, it can be seen that the division is closed now because Emma is
dead and somehow Hardy lover her again. In the second stanza above, the thesis I meets the visual imagery ‘dark space’ in line
12 = Viewed across the dark space wherein I have lacked you which shows that the
poets is in the middle of a dark space since he can not see anything besides darkness and as a result h loss her. This line express that the pet needs the existence of Emma because when
Emma disappears, he feels lonely.
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Besides the visual imagery in the second stanza, there are three other kinds of imagery in this poem, which function as the additional element that clarify the thought of the
poem, namely auditory imagery, tension imagery and gustatory imagery. The auditory
imagery reflects in the word ‘say’ in line 11 = what have you now found to say of your past and ‘tell’ in line 15 = with us twain, you tell. Those lines try to make the readers
‘hear’ that there is a chat happens bet ween both of them : they are talking about their past until what makes them separates . however, those lines also show that hardy respects or has a
high regard of the existence of Emma when they were still together and it seems that he feels guilty toward things that makes separate.
The kinesthetic imagery appears in the word ‘ re- entered’ in line 9 = yes I have re- entered your olden haunts at last and in the word ‘ tracked’ in line 10 = Through the
years, through the dead scenes I have tracked you . These two lines try to make a scene
about Hardy finally successfully re- entered Emma’s olden haunt. Which shows the intimacy between them because olden haunts refer to the memories of Emma and how Hardy had spent
years to follow her which shows Hardy’s passion to search for Emma.
Last, the gustatory imagery appears in the word ‘ sweet ; in line 13 summer gave’ s sweets in this line the readers learn as if they ‘taste’ the sweet experiences between Hardy
and Emma as Hardy experienced. It shows also the intimacy that happened to them in the past. How the summer gave the sense of sweet experience to both of them.
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In lines 17-24 below, Emma’s ghost seems to lead Hardy on their past memories. Those scenes that came up from the past just as the same as Hardy look it right now.
I see you are doing, you are leading me on To the spots we knew when we haunted here together
The waterfall, above which the mist- bow shone At the then fair hour in then fair weather,
And the cave just under, with a voice still so hollow That is seems to call out me fr4om forty years ago,
When you were all aglow, And not the thin ghost that I now frailly follow
stanza 3, line 17-24
The third stanza above contents the kinesthetic imagery, visual imagery and auditory imagery. The kinesthetic imagery express in the word ‘ leading’ in the first line of stanza =
I see what you are leading mean this line show Emma’s regard toward Hardy that makes
the readers see that they need and value toward each other.
The visual imagery such as ‘spots’ in line 18 = To the spot we knew when we haunted here together . Water fall in line 19 = the water fall, above which the cave. Bow
shone the word’ cave’ in line 21 = and the cave just under the word ‘aglow’ in line 23 = when you were all aglow and ghost in line 24 = and not the thin ghost that I
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now frailly follow those visual imagery make the readers imagine that used to go the ‘spots’ the water fall and the ‘cave’ together in the past and how it marked the sweet memories
between them in the past and some how when Hardy went there again, the memories would call him out about Emma in that place. In line 23-24, I see hardy regard to the value of Emma
when she was with him and not just the thin ghost that he follows.
The auditory imagery is in the word ‘call out’ which is used in line 22 = That it seems to call out t me from forty years ago which shows that those memories with Emma
in that place would call out to Hardy to remember their nostalgic moment forty years earlier.
The last stanza is full with visual imagery such as ‘ bird’ in line 26 = The wakes bird preen ; ‘seals’ in line 26 = the dawn whitens hazily ; ‘ stars’ in line 28. For the
stars close their shutters ; ‘dawn’ in line 28 = the dawn whitens hazily and ’ path’ and ‘ flowers’ in line 32 = our paths through flowers here, the poet’s description in the
scenery is quite real for the readers can see the ‘birds’ the ’seals’, the “stars” , the ‘dawn’ and the “ flowers’. The scenery brought the readers to some place around the cave to see what
the poet sees. They way the poet tries to explain to the readers about the scenery is very clear and fresh in the reader’s imagination.
Ignorant of what there is flitting here to see, The waked birds preen and the seals flop lazily,
Soon you will have, Dear, to vanish from me, For the stars close their shutters and the dawn whitens hazily
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Trust me, I mind not, though Life lours, The bringing of me here : nay, bring me here again
I am just the same as when Our days were a joy, and our paths through flowers.
stanza 5, lines 25 -32
Besides, the readers can also meet with the kinesthetic imagery as in the word ‘flitting’ in line 25 = ignorant of what there is flitting here to see which refers to the poet’s
surroundings that he tries to tell Emma to ignore to what is flitting there. Line 25 also makes the readers know the passion of Hardy to Emma that he tells her to ignore to what is going on
if. They two are together. The word vanish, in line 27 = to vanish from me seems to show
to the readers that Emma, sooner or later, would disappear from hardy. The thesis writer find out from his analysis that Thomas Hardy uses of imagery f
sight, sound, kinesthetic, and taste to make the readers realize the memories of Hardy to Emma when he goes to the place he used to go with her such as to the spots when they haunt
there together, to the water fall., and to the cave with its hollow voice and how Emma calls to always remembers their nostalgic moments forty years ago such as the sweets things said in
summer. Yet, it reflects the passion and intimacy also it show high regard between them which makes them value toward each other.
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