English Language · English Literature
In Thomas Hardy's 'The Darkling Thrush', the final stanza presents the thrush as singing in 'full-hearted evening ease'. What does this imply about the nature of the bird's song?
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- 1It suggests that nature's cycles are entirely indifferent to human suffering.
- 2It reflects the thrush's pure innocence, untouched by the surrounding desolation.✓
- 3It symbolizes an ironic contrast to the human condition, which is full of despair.
- 4It signifies a completely hollow and meaningless act in a dying universe.
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It reflects the thrush's pure innocence, untouched by the surrounding desolation.
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