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The following list of poems showcases similar types of themes present in Thomas Hardy’s lyric ‘Neutral Tones’. Almost 300 former rugby union players suffering with brain injuries launch joint claim for damages at High Court in London Harry Kane reveals the best defender he's ever faced, the Germany star he wished played for England and why Eric Dier is the worst team-mate to sit by on a flight One of the best things about ‘Neutral Tones’ is its unrelenting nature. There is no sense of peaks and troughs, effectively the narrator is letting their ex-partner have “both barrels” to use a modern term. The first line of this poem might be one of the most “cutting” statements one has ever read! Suggesting that their former lover’s smile was dead invoking the idea of somebody who is entirely dis-genuine. It almost makes one think of a sociopath.

The Caribbean connection: Cole Palmer's grandad reveals his family's journey from St Kitts to Manchester This poem contains several literary devices that make this piece more interesting to read. To begin with, there is anaphora in the first stanza. The poet uses this device in the second and third lines of this stanza. Moreover, the poet uses a simile to compare the whiteness of the winter sun to a child’s face rebuked by the child’s parents. The “chidden of God” is a metaphor. The second stanza of this piece contains the use of irony. Thereafter, in the third stanza, the poet uses hyperbole in the first line and the second line contains a paradox. In the last stanza, the phrase, “wrings with wrong” contains an alliteration. Moreover, the last two lines of this stanza contain polysyndeton. Tone The cruel reality of this poem is readers never learn what has caused this heightened level of angst and fury. An obvious assumption would be infidelity but this is never explicitly stated. Terry Venables through the years: Mail Sport's picture tribute to 'El Tel', who won the cup at Spurs and Chelsea and led England at Euro '96Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg reveals the ONE weakness he thinks Arsene Wenger's Invincibles had as he admits Champions League regret Howard Webb insists VAR was RIGHT to allow Anthony Gordon's winner for Newcastle against Arsenal... but says two players should have been sent off Rio Ferdinand tells Gareth Southgate to 'FREE Raheem Sterling' after balking at the Chelsea star's omission from the latest England squad last week Steven Gerrard calls Cristiano Ronaldo 'the GOAT' in an interview fawning over Al-Nassr star - a year after he'd named Lionel Messi as a better player than him What a load of s***': Alan Shearer leads the outrage as Newcastle are denied a famous win over PSG by a very harsh injury-time penalty… as 'fuming' Jermaine Jenas says Toon were 'robbed'

Lionesses Leah Williamson, Mary Earps and Chloe Kelly join Gary Lineker and an array of sporting luminaries at GQ Men of the Year Awards This stanza reveals that some time has passed since the scene at the winter pond. The speaker reveals that he has learned some “keen lessons” since that time. He has ultimately concluded, “that love deceives”. His claim that love “wrings with wrong” is significant. The word “wrings” is intentional wordplay. The word “love” seems to “ring” with wrong. The speaker, however, uses the word “wring” to indicate what has happened to him, and the way that his heart has been wrung through the deceit of love. Everything seems to remind the speaker of what love has done to his heart.Neutral Tones’ is atypical of a Hardy poem and synonymous with poems produced in the romantic style. Consequently, it is filled with references to the natural world. As is common in Hardy’s poetry it is very much character-driven and tells a story. It presents itself in four stanzas that are all four lines long. There is a consistent ABBA rhyming pattern throughout. As an example, in the first stanza“day” rhymes with “gray”. Along with that, “God” and “sod” rhymes together. The metrical scheme of this poem is regular enough. Here, the poet uses both the iambic tetrameter and iambic pentameter alternatively. However, there are a few metrical variations in this poem. Barcelona 2-1 Porto: Joao Felix nets second-half winner as Catalan giants come from behind to book their... TRANSFER GOSSIP COLUMN: Arsenal target Aston Villa star Douglas Luiz as replacement for Thomas Partey in January... and Ange Postecoglou could be reunited with one of his former Celtic signings REVEALED: Pep Guardiola crowned football's most influential manager above Jurgen Klopp ahead of Man City's match against Liverpool

Boxing's A Team! Ed Sheeran sits ringside forKatie Taylor's rematch with Chantelle Cameron in DublinThe speaker continues to describe the scenery, explaining that “the sun was white as though chidden of God” This is an interesting way to describe the sun. While the sun is usually what brings light and warmth, in this description, it is simply white. On the cold winter day, it would seem that the sun can offer no warmth. Rather, it seems as if it has hidden away behind the clouds because it has been chastised (“chidden”) by God himself.

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