Thomas Hardy, through his moving portrayal of his thoughts and feelings after his wife's death, conveys to us much sadness, guilt and regret. To achieve this, he uses affecting words, shows us of his troubles and worries and expresses his thoughts and memories. He tells us of his terrible loss and his great sadness with such vividness that he conveys his feelings clearly gains much understanding from the readers.

First, he inquires of "why did you give no hint that night"", why did she leave so unexpectedly and quietly, "as if indifferent quite"" Hardy cares his wife much and her death means all the world to him. So why did she act as if he wouldn't have cared? These are questions Hardy sets for his wife in his great sadness. Even more tragic is that she would "lose your term here, be where I could not follow, to...