"A Broken Appointment"
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In "A Broken Appointment," the Thomas hardy displays the pessimism that marks much of modernist literature, with a poem evoking a sense of dependency. In this poem, the man is missing something he has never known. The woman does not love him and never has. He has asked her to meet him and she has not come:And marching Time drew on, and wore me numb (1-2). There is no indication that she said she would, only that he has hoped she would. The speaker is a very needy individual, requiring even the slightest indication from this woman that she knows he is alive. He may seek love from this absent woman, but he is willing to settle for "compassion" or "lovingkindness." The fact that she has not come has caused him to grieve, which elevates her absence to the level of the loss of a loved one in death. He
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Approximate Word count = 558
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
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