Question

Thomas Hardy - At an InnExplore: x3Made them our ministers,Moved them to say,'Ah, God, that bliss like theirsWould flush our day!'

Accepted Answer

•Ministers = member of clergy in church => love dictated by religious ideas i.e. monogomy •Quoting them is dramatic irony because they seek what the speaker has, yet he's focusing on their fantasy because he doesn't have it•Given Hardy doesn't believe in God, is he ignoring the matter of fact cause keeping them apart - the lack of reciprocated feelings?

Front	Thomas Hardy - At an Inn Explore: x3 Made them our ministers, Moved them to say, 'Ah, God, that bliss like theirs Would flush our day!'
Back	•Ministers = member of clergy in church => love dictated by religious ideas i.e. monogomy •Quoting them is dramatic irony because they seek what the speaker has, yet he's focusing on their fantasy because he doesn't have it •Given Hardy doesn't believe in God, is he ignoring the matter of fact cause keeping them apart - the lack of reciprocated feelings?

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