Hardy's poems reveal a morbid fascination with death, write about this veiw.
I dont think that its a morbid fascination with death i feel as though its more of a curiosity in death as he is only talking about his experiences with death in his life e.g. his wife's death. He also talks about death in a beautiful way, like in 'The Haunter' he describes his wife to be more of a guardian angel type ghost. He portrays his wife to be looking out for him and being by his side when he needs her, "If he but sigh my loss befell him Straight to his side i go." Hardy also make's it nice by showing that his wife is with him even in death and is in his dreams by saying that she follows him into his dreamworld. This brings beautiful imagery as the title 'The Haunter' is rather negative whereas the language behind it isnt. Hardy also makes his memories of his dead wife seem beautiful like in the poem 'The Waterfall' as every time he plunges his arm into a basin of water it reminds him of the time he spent with his wife at a waterfall having a picnic, searching for their lost chalice in the pool of water. Hardy also shows that he doesnt have a facination with death as he understands that his wife is dead and that his feelings are lost to her now shown in the poem 'Your Last Drive'. This point is shown by the last line of the poem when he says that she is his "past love, praise, indifference, blame" he knows that she cant feel anything anymore including his love so he sees it as pointless to dwell on it anymore.
