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The poem’s central movement

The poem’s central movement

The speaker travels through rain near Castle Boterel in the present, but the landscape triggers a memory of an earlier courtship with Emma. The poem therefore moves between “now” and “then” as the speaker tries to hold a brief moment of love against the pressure of time.

2.1.3 At Castle Boterel by Thomas Hardy Lesson

  1. IGCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.1.3 At Castle Boterel by Thomas Hardy

Step-by-step lessons on Oxford AQA IGCSE English Literature 2.1.3 At Castle Boterel by Thomas Hardy. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the poetry and unseen-text skills before moving on to the longer, comparison-heavy essay questions on the set prose and drama texts.

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