Saturday, January 4, 2003

I Need Not Go Comments

Rating: 3.1

I need not go
Through sleet and snow
To where I know
She waits for me;
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Thomas Hardy
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Veronica Trachtenberg 05 September 2022

Almost certainly refers to Emam Gifford

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Mahtab Bangalee 01 October 2019

And if some day, When none cries nay, I still delay To seek her side, (Though ample measure Of fitting leisure Await my pleasure) She will not chide............./// superb and great expression

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Chinedu Dike 13 September 2019

Well expressed thoughts and feelings. An insightful work of art.......................................................

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Bri Edwards 16 March 2019

Man, you've got HER " under your thumb" ! ! ! ! this shall join other P H poems in my April 2019 showcase. thanks, dead guy. bri ;)

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Dr Antony Theodore 02 November 2018

New cares may claim me, New loves inflame me, She will not blame me, But suffer it so. the great Hardy...... great poem. tony

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jimmy bob 01 March 2018

this is a poem

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Yaashika 08 February 2018

I want answers of this chapter

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Gangadharan Nair Pulingat 22 February 2015

Thomas Hardy's great work and it is so fine.

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Francie Lynch 23 February 2014

The passage of years is evident, and the lover will one day lie side of his sured love. She is not with his company, he has not denied himself a life without her, and he is not ashamed of this. But, the one he loved will always be waiting. He needed go, time will eventually lead him there. Such subtle praise of our living world and one's regret to leave our sensual pleasures. Hardy. Gotta love the Jude in him.

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Loved one lost but love looms large and lives!

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Stephen W 23 February 2014

A clue! 'By cypress sough'. Cypresses are popular cemetery trees, by tradition. Almost certainly he is visiting a grave. She will not chide, but he wishes she still could.

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Stephen W 23 February 2014

I agree that this is an ironic poem. It's possible the 'lover' is either not human, as some have suggested, or dead. He might be visiting a grave.

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Liliana ~el 23 February 2014

Such certainty in the devotion and depth of love Assured, confident, leisurely

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Thomas Vaughan Jones 23 February 2014

Not to my personal taste. I'm afraid that this is what gets rhymers a bad name. The end rhymes are forced, the scansion non existent. He has written world famous novels and produced some fine poetry. There are better examples of his work elsewhere in PH.

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Vishal Sharma 23 February 2014

love this poem, though to my eye, the language drips with ironic intent. No long left love will simply excuse the litany of lies the central character rehearses to himself

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Ramesh Rai 23 February 2014

Loved reading the poem. Very soothing and enchanting.

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Sleet and snow For the love we know Till love endures Even the after glow............ I welcome all ye poets reading this to my page too.......

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Manonton Dalan 23 February 2012

could be possible he was talking about his poetry? he was too busy writing stories.

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Carlos Echeverria 23 February 2012

A sweet, innocent touch to a carnal subject matter.

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iain Saunders 23 February 2012

I love this poem, though to my eye, the language drips with ironic intent. No long left love will simply excuse the litany of lies the central character rehearses to himself. Of course she will 'upbraid' and 'blame' him, but he is so caught up in his 'company', his 'world' his 'stress and strain' that he pushes the romantic ideal his love seeks further aside - never abandoning it, for that would engender too much guilt, but simply procrastinating the idyllic moment 'by Cypress sough' (i.e. a scene underneath the gentle whistle of wind through the branches of a Cypress tree) that seem less and less real. The character's love is doomed, but he does not know it yet and the pathos in the last line 'but suffer it so' seems to reflect his future doom brought on by this way of thinking.

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