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Tone Tomings By Thomas Hardy Collins Summary

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At first glance, the title of the poem feels ambiguous in tone, as well as presenting ambivalence and an indefinite feeling. The title of the poem suggests that the speaker is getting the most out of an experience/surrounding of nature. Furthermore, later revisiting the title, although nature provides a scenic environment and all-around beauty, it cannot fulfill a man’s desires or dispose of sadness. The main essence of this poem is a man hidden across the lake, who cries out alone, and in turn receives not love, but the sounds of nature in response. In terms of connotation, the man “cries” (6) and only is returned with a “mocking echo” (3) however expecting “counter-love,” which is spoken sad emotionally and distraught in nature. Nature, in contrast, seems mighty and powerful. The speaker reveals this through carefully selected diction-”crushed,” “splashed,” “powerfully,” “pushing,” and “great.” …show more content…

This shift occurs in line 9, the poem picks up speed by being faster and more forceful-rather that groggy and emotional. At this line, the rest of the poem is one running sentence. The theme represents a lonely man turning to nature to fill in a gap into his soul; although nature includes powerful images and creatures, it is unable to fulfill a man’s desires, bringing attention back to the title.
The form proves compelling, as it is one stanza and 20 lines with few punctuation, written in ABAB rhyming pattern, as well as written in iambic pentameter. The fact that it was written in iambic pentameter shows that not only Shakespeare used this form or the use of the sonnet, it proves influential even in later times. On terms of punctuation, although it is altogether used infrequently, the dash employed proves to be particularly useful especially at the end to emphasize the finish of the poem after a whirlwind of action

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