When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay, And the May month flaps its glad green leaves like wings, Delicate-filmed as new-spun ...

Published in the 1917 collection Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses, "Afterwards" is one of Hardy's most popular and widely anthologized poems.

In this poem Hardy writes, as it were, his own elegy (he was 77 when it was published as a part of. Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses in November ...

This poem reflects on the enduring legacy of an individual after their passing. The speaker questions how their neighbors and acquaintances will remember them.

When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay, And the May month flaps its glad green leaves like wings,

'Afterwards' by Hardy reflects on his desired legacy, hoping to be remembered for his deep connection to nature's beauty.

The poem is structured around imagined occasions after the speaker's death. Rather than as an internationally celebrated writer, he hopes to be remembered as an ...

17 мая 2023 г. · “Afterwards” is written from the perspective of a speaker speculating about the aftermath of his own death.

3 янв. 2003 г. · The poem is written like an epitaph where the poet reflects on the general view of himself after he is dead. The first stanza begins where the ...

7 мая 2005 г. · The numerous sensory impressions of the poem, coupled with the conflict of faith and doubt that characterized the age in which Hardy lived and ...