Ga Virtual Learning: Victorian Literature: Poetry: Thomas Hardy, 1840 1928

This lesson from a unit on Victorian Literature focuses on Thomas Hardy's poetry. While Hardy is primarily considered a for his bleak, pessimisic, and ironic novels, he also wrote poetry that provides a transition from Victorian to the Modernism in poetry. Links are provided to two of his poems, "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?" and "The Darkling Thrush" and a student worksheet.