The Work Formed Final Discussion: Thomas Hardy - The Ruined Maid (Term Paper Sample)

Thomas Hardy: The Ruined Maid
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Introduction
All poets have the drive of ensuring that their poems stand out in terms of content, flow, theme and even sound patterns applied in the respective poems. The choice of words and arrangement of the stanzas in most cases will determine the type of poem that a poet aims (Mandala 24). The structure of the poem determines what form the poem will take such that the structural form of a dramatic poem will be different from the lyrical type. When determining the kind of the poem to put on paper the pattern that needs to be achieved must be put into consideration.
The discussion will aim at finding out how dialogue as a style helps poets to achieve drama in poems and that will form the thesis statement of the paper. The claim will be backed with an in depth analysis of other poems that have applied the same style in achieving drama in a poem. However, James Hardy’s “The Ruined Mistress” will be the central poem of reference vis a vis others. The question how does Hardy achieve drama in his poem by using the style of dialogue? According to Mandala (4), dialogue is one of the forms of literary techniques that writers/poets use two or more characters to be involved in conversation with one another or among groups.
Literature commentators argue that to achieve drama in poetry dialogue is one of the crucial and mandatory literary devices that must be employed. In the poem “The Ruined Mistress” James Hardy has involved two characters – Amelia and the unnamed interlocutor. The two engage in some sort of reunion and utter the experiences they have undergone through from the time they parted ways. How exactly does dialogue bring about drama? Ramazani (78) states that dialogue plays the role of advancing the story and the theme.
Dialogue when applied makes the story to flow in a straight forward manner as compared to a narrator’s explanation. For instance, in Hardy’s poem the two characters engage in a conversation that puts us into the scene and pushes the plot to the next episode. We may want to know why Amelia broke free from her initial residence and if she will bring the unknown woman to join her in the new world (Hardy 5). All these can form a whole new scene and plot.
Further, dialogue helps in the development of the characters such that we can learn their character traits. For instance, we can learn that the unknown woman is a naïve person and uneducated individual while Amelia is one ambitious and aggressive person. Hence, the traits aid in brewing drama. Dialogue makes a reader to achieve the realism of the plot. That is, by realism we can vividly see how actions are unraveling in each and every scene. For example when the unknown woman says that she admires the fine garments and bracelets worn by Amelia we can see it mentally (Mandala 34). In our minds, we can view one beautiful, fine looking and well dressed woman while on the other side a lady with tattered and weather beaten clothes can also be seen. The two events can bring the concept of contrast of the haves and have-nots as must have been aimed by Hardy.
In as much as dialogue stands as...