"The Voice" by Thomas Hardy
As a girl I am very attracted to the poems that deal with love and relationships; furthermore, I found Thomas Hardy's poems to be quite interesting. The emotion in his poems caused me to connect to his words better than I did the other authors. I found my greatest connection to be with his poem "The Voice", which is why I chose to reflect on this piece.
This poem starts off in an imaginary state because he talks about hearing this woman calling to him, but in reality he isn't really hearing this woman's voice. He is reflecting on what used to be his. After analyzing the poem many times I believe he is speaking of a woman that used to be his that has passed away. He says "Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you, then..." He knows that this is not possible, but he uses his memories of this woman like her air-blue gown to bring him the emotions and feelings that he once had. I like how he finds things in nature to illustrate the beauty that he saw in her like "the breeze" and "the wet mead". It seems at the beginning of the poem he can feel her callings strongly and towards the end as he states "Leaves around me falling, Wind oozing thin..." the callings begin to drift; however, she still doesn't vanish from his mind.
I tend to enjoy love stories that end with a "happily ever after", but this poem shows such a unique feeling that is irresistable.
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