Dying Leaves example essay topic

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An Analysis of Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy "We stood by a pond that winter day", (1) This line indicates a still quietness, with lack of the movement of life. There is a vast difference in appearance and movement around a pond in winter and a pond in the midst of summer. This indicates no leaves, and no visible signs of life. The poet is painting a stark and lifeless scene.

"And the sun was white, as though chidden of God", (2) This is indicative of the modernist approach to light as being too harsh and not a positive factor. Chidden means scolded, rebuked, or even blamed. God is not looking favorably upon these people. "And a few leaves lay on the starving sod"; (3) Leaves fall from trees when they are dead, and the term 'starving' refers to the dying of the ground. "They had fallen from an Ash, and were gray", (4) Ash trees are very beautiful hardwood trees, and this line indicates the passing of beauty, and ties in with the dying leaves mentioned in line three. This first stanza indicates that the poem is boring.

I don't like this poem. It is incredibly boring. Hardy has put a lot of time and effort into this poem but I don't like it. we stood by a pond that winter day. This line indicates a still quietness, with lack of the movement of life.