| Front | Thomas Hardy - At an Inn Explore: x5 And palsied unto death The pane-fly's tune. |
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| Back | •Palsied = paralyse. Housefly's life expectancy is barely a month - likewise rel. close to termination. •Also can mean affected by a wasting condition •'pane' is a homophone for 'pain' - reiterates image of suffering acoustically •Window imagery is tantalising - can see the opportunity of love through it, but can't attain it •Shows his attempt is as futile as flying into a window pane |
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