He Never Expected Much Flashcards
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What is the main theme and tension of the poem? (He Never Expected Much)
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The poet writes about how he never expected much from life and turned out right, encouraging an idea that life is boring and neutral thus urging people to maintain simple expectations about our lives
Tension: message of the poem about life being bland vs tone of the poem suggesting sadness and melancholy
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Paragraph 1? (He Never Expected Much)
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In the first stanza Hardy directly addresses ‘World’ reflecting that he had never expected anything much from life and had been right.
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Quotes for paragraph 1? (He Never Expected Much)
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