... mourning for a lost love or friend. These three poems that share this common theme are "After a Journey,"" "The Haunter,"" and "Your Last Drive."" "After a Journey- is about a love that is lost, but is still with him, and "The Haunter- is for the loss of a close friend, and "Your Last Drive- is about a lost love, and not knowing how to be with that person again ... alive cannot be together at (in dreams, and in imaginations), he is as close as he can get now, but since he is no longer alive, he can't say anything to his friend (ll. 17-23). Some of the literary techniques Hardy uses in "...

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• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School