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Hmm, glad you see the match Jewel, I thought maybe it was just me- but all the rainbow colours and the fresh feeling match the image so well in my mind.
Like much of Hardy's poetry, the initially happy mood gives way to his grief about his wife who died, who he felt guilty for having been estranged from:
—Still in all its chasmal beauty bulks old Beeny to the sky,
And shall she and I not go there once again now March is nigh,
And the sweet things said in that March say anew there by and by?
Nay. Though still in chasmal beauty looms that wild weird western shore,
The woman now is—elsewhere—whom the ambling pony bore,
And nor knows nor cares for Beeny, and will see it nevermore.
I wasn't sure about the reverse meaning for Iris- I checked the book and Jessica writes that its all about overcoming obstacles 'storms' and reminds us that 'no storm lasts forever'- which is what i'd advise Hardy if he were with us now, that his grief and guilt are important but will fade with time, whilst the happy memories will last forever.
Like much of Hardy's poetry, the initially happy mood gives way to his grief about his wife who died, who he felt guilty for having been estranged from:
—Still in all its chasmal beauty bulks old Beeny to the sky,
And shall she and I not go there once again now March is nigh,
And the sweet things said in that March say anew there by and by?
Nay. Though still in chasmal beauty looms that wild weird western shore,
The woman now is—elsewhere—whom the ambling pony bore,
And nor knows nor cares for Beeny, and will see it nevermore.
I wasn't sure about the reverse meaning for Iris- I checked the book and Jessica writes that its all about overcoming obstacles 'storms' and reminds us that 'no storm lasts forever'- which is what i'd advise Hardy if he were with us now, that his grief and guilt are important but will fade with time, whilst the happy memories will last forever.