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Notice the formal pattern of the poem, particularly the contrast of “he stands” in the first stanza and “he falls” in the second. ... Is there a “theme” to this poem? Do poems have to have themes? ... Thomas Hardy. Had he and I but met. By some old ancient inn, We should have sat us down to wet. Right many a nipperkin!1. But ranged ... ................
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