... that Hardy finds a new way for bringing together two competitors that were developed (Ramazani 135). What Collins wrote in his criticism on "After a Journey- seems to be right on the dot to what Hardy was going for. He says that Hardy was speaking of a lost love, which is what emotion comes out of the poem towards the reader. Hardy could very ... ...

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