ANTONIO HARRISPOETRY ANALYSISAPRIL 21,2013 D5

Ah, Are You Digging On My Grave

Author : Thomas HardyNAME: Thomas Hardy

OCCUPATION: Author, Poet

BIRTH DATE: June 2, 1840

DEATH DATE: January 11, 1928

PLACE OF BIRTH: Stinsford, Dorchester, Dorset, England

PLACE OF DEATH: Dorchester, Dorset, England

BeSt KnOwN FOrThomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet who

set his work--including The Return of the Native and Far from the Madding Crowd--in the semi-fictionalized county of Wessex.

Busy WriterFar from the Madding Crowd 

by Thomas Hardy  Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

The Obscure by Thomas Hardy

The Mayor of Caster bridge  by Thomas Hardy

Pair of Blue Eyes  by Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native  by Thomas Hardy

Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy

Life's Little Ironies  by Thomas Hardy

The Woodlanders  by Thomas Hardy

Summary of P03M

The lady who died loved one has gone off to marry a wealthy woman. "It cannot hurt her now.." The dead woman asks if it is her "nearest dearest kin" doing the digging.  Again the answer is no. Her kinfolk feel that planting flowers on her grave is a waste of time and energy since it will not bring back her back from death. The third question she asks was if it is her enemy that is turning up the clods. No, her female enemy buried her hatred when she heard the questioner's death and cares not where she is entombed. The dead speaker gives up guessing in and asks the identity of the digger. She learns that it is her dog who hopes he has not disturbed her. The woman expresses her happiness that "one true heart was left behind" and praises her dog's faithfulness. In concluding, the dog apologizes. The animal was merely burying a bone against future hunger, having totally forgotten that this was its mistress's resting place.

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