The Dead Man Walking Comments

its about dissolution with all there is to be among other humans.truly depressing Why Hardy with all his success should feel this way is interesting, but then his novels are in the main bleak.. His inner being is laid bare in this poem. How very sad

Dear brother and colleague, Please forgive my delay but your work is so great that has left me speechless.

It is about losing innocence and disillusionment when faced with the corruption of man. It is about betrayal and loss of trust with those you turn to and those closest to you and how it hardens and destroys the soul until you are 'the dead man walking' -