Who can help?? The voice, by thomas hardy?

For school I need to write an essay about this poem… And im having trouble writing about: rhyme/rhythm, metaphors/similes, and any language patterns :) if anyone can help I will appreciate it!!!

Thx :) Redsummer Xxx

Answer #1

The poem has an optimistic opening in which Hardy hears Emma’s voice, and there is hope. The rhythm in the first stanza is also steady and ongoing which adds to the hope. In the second stanza, Hughes is desperate to be with his wife again. He is eager to be with her as he used to in their firts few years of love. His desperation is obivous, as he clearly remembers the exact shade of her gown. The beat here is also continuous, showing that he is full content when he is with her or when he thinks she is around. In the third stanza, Hughes realises that she is gone and with her death, her existance ended. He uses the words ‘dissolve’ and ‘no more’ which show that she is leaving him and his hope now turns into fear. The siblance slows things down in this stanza as he realises that she isn’t there anymore. Also, the siblance brings a haunting effect to the poem as now Emma will always be in his memory and the fact that Hughes did not take care of her before her death when she was ill will remain with him forever. His use of the question mark (?) show that he is confused and he doubts his sanity due to the guilt of neglecting her. In the last stanza, he says that he is struggling to move forward and he feels like the world has come to an end but the leaves are falling off trees, proving him wrong. He knows now that he will have to move on, but is not yet ready. The use of alliteration with the ‘th’ sound slow down the rhythm and show his struggle. The last line, “And the woman calling” brings us back to the beggining and to the same conclusion, that he can hear her. This shows the cycle of life, that we will always end up where we begin. Sometimes we are happy and at otehr tiems we will go thorugh hardships, but they won’t last forever, we will eventually move on. He hears her voice again, after the doubt showing that he knows he has to move on, but is not ready just yet.

I got it from the web lol. just read it, it might help

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