| Front | Thomas Hardy - At an Inn Explore: x3 As we seemed we were not That day afar, And now we seem not what We aching are |
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| Back | •'and now' transition to present tense as realisation dawns upon the speaker and reader •Also suggests time has lapsed, which seems to have intensified how he feels •'aching' is vivid and present continuous - blames obstacles that prevent their union •There are Romantic elements in this ending which portrays man as insignificant to Nature/the laws which govern him. |
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