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Literary context - ‘Ubi sunt?’
Belongs to a tradition of poems which ask ‘Ubi sunt?’ meaning “Where are they?” by posing a series of questions about the fate of someone, considering the transitory nature of youth, love, time, loss, the past, beauty and inevitability of death - the phrase refers to any poems exploring these themes
Historical context - Hardy’s infatuation
A red-haired gamekeeper’s daughter Elizabeth - Lizbie - was one of his loves, but she ‘scorned him as too young’
Historical/social context - The New Woman
An idea acknowledging changing women’s roles/autonomy in the early 20th century
The woman in this poem does not seem subservient but instead makes choices independent of what the speaker desires - she has autonomy as she does not conform to the will of the speaker
It would have been seen as indecent for a woman to pursue a man for marriage, making men hunters in terms of marriage
There was a Victorian ideology of male responsibility in initiating romantic relationships
Historical context - the influence of women on Hardy
Women had a profound influence on Hardy throughout his life