English

Carlo Escobar

31 August, 14:30

In which excerpt from Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" does the speaker most directly acknowledge the forces of nature?

• "Some blessed Hope, where of he knew/And I was unaware."

• "So little cause for carolings/Of such ecstatic sound."

• "And all mankind that haunted nigh/Had sought their household fires."

• "The land's sharp features seemed to be/The Century's corpse outleant,"