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The Oxen
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- GenresPoetry
Published January 1, 1915
About the author
Thomas Hardy
1,948 books6,245 followersThomas Hardy, OM, was an English author of the naturalist movement, although in several poems he displays elements of the previous romantic and enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural. He regarded himself primarily as a poet and composed novels mainly for financial gain.
The bulk of his work, set mainly in the semi-fictional land of Wessex, delineates characters struggling against their passions and circumstances. Hardy's poetry, first published in his 50s, has come to be as well regarded as his novels, especially after The Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
The term cliffhanger is considered to have originated with Thomas Hardy's serial novel A Pair of Blue Eyes in 1873. In the novel, Hardy chose to leave one of his protagonists, Knight, literally hanging off a cliff staring into the stony eyes of a trilobite embedded in the rock that has been dead for millions of years. This became the archetypal — and literal — cliff-hanger of Victorian prose.
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The bulk of his work, set mainly in the semi-fictional land of Wessex, delineates characters struggling against their passions and circumstances. Hardy's poetry, first published in his 50s, has come to be as well regarded as his novels, especially after The Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
The term cliffhanger is considered to have originated with Thomas Hardy's serial novel A Pair of Blue Eyes in 1873. In the novel, Hardy chose to leave one of his protagonists, Knight, literally hanging off a cliff staring into the stony eyes of a trilobite embedded in the rock that has been dead for millions of years. This became the archetypal — and literal — cliff-hanger of Victorian prose.
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December 25, 2023
One finds it challenging to consider that Hardy, a marked agnostic, could have inscribed this poem. Early in his life Hardy had relinquished both his devotion and his religious dogmata. As a matter of fact, his complete poetry is replete with cyniciam and incredulity.
However, this poem gives manifestation to a feeling of devoutness which only the most conventional Christians are capable of undergoing.
In this profoundly religious verse, the poet states the view that even animals have religious instincts and that, on hearing the church-bells even the oxen would stoop in prayer and gratitude. Christmas Eve is a sacred time since it venerates the birth of Christ.
At the hour of midnight on Christmas, the Christians mass in churches in order to sing carols in praise of Jesus. This is a time for the Christians to kowtow, and to offer their thanks to God for having sent Jesus Christ into this world to redeem mankind.
The poet feels that even the animals at this time kneel in prayer. Unquestionably, the notion expressed in this poem is a pure fancy; but it definitely has its charm for the religious kind of reader.
The poem is written in very unassuming language. Indeed, the effortlessness and the soberness of this poem critically augment its religious entreaty.
However, this poem gives manifestation to a feeling of devoutness which only the most conventional Christians are capable of undergoing.
In this profoundly religious verse, the poet states the view that even animals have religious instincts and that, on hearing the church-bells even the oxen would stoop in prayer and gratitude. Christmas Eve is a sacred time since it venerates the birth of Christ.
At the hour of midnight on Christmas, the Christians mass in churches in order to sing carols in praise of Jesus. This is a time for the Christians to kowtow, and to offer their thanks to God for having sent Jesus Christ into this world to redeem mankind.
The poet feels that even the animals at this time kneel in prayer. Unquestionably, the notion expressed in this poem is a pure fancy; but it definitely has its charm for the religious kind of reader.
The poem is written in very unassuming language. Indeed, the effortlessness and the soberness of this poem critically augment its religious entreaty.
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