I find Thomas Hardy to be a very gifted as well as very
troubled poet. First and foremost his views about a higher power are stated
quiet clearly in a lot of his work and his battle with defining God is shown in
his prose. Although my views differ from his in that respect I can still
appreciate the duality that he brings when describing life such as good and
evil, bitter and sweet, and joy and sorrow. The poem “I Found Her Out There”
represents how the author constantly goes back and forth between opposite
feelings. In the case of this poem, he describes why he decided to bury his wife
at this location; Hardy transitions between joyful reminisces and the sorrowful
present. The land reminds him of how his wife enjoyed the place with lines
like, “Where she once domiciled, and joy in its throbs, with the heart of child”
(57). To more melancholy thoughts that expressed his want for her to rest
peacefully, “I brought her here, and laid her to rest, in a noiseless nest,”
which constantly reminds the reader in a somewhat jarring manner to not get
comfortable with his thoughts of a pleasant past because now his love is gone (56). The
duality of his poetry is a representation of reality and life in that with
everything there is good as well as bad and we must take them both.
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