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WTF is up with Thomas Hardy and his wife

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Naomi K
Mar 05, 2021
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I recently read the Selected Poems of Thomas Hardy. Highly worthwhile read. He's an incredible poet, writing metered poetry in simple, emotional language, us. Now I'd been somewhat aware that a lot of his poetry was inspired by the death of his wife, Emma. But at some point I started to get a weird vibe from the poetry, so I looked her up. Err...apparen…

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