Introduction

“The Dolphins”is a poem written by carol Ann Duffy . Her verse contains
"contacting" and "sensitive"evocation of 'loss,dislocation,nostalgia'.This sonnet
fits this depiction as the dolphins are feeling the deficiency of the ocean and
their opportunity and need it back while realizing its gone forever.This is
depicted in a powerful and mixing way.The sonnet is about a
dolphin,remembering its past free life in the ocean,speaks about the
experience of being restricted to an aquarium with others of its sort where it is
relied upon to perform stunts in the sea-going likeness a carnival and where its
opportunity is limited.Carol Ann Duffy,s sonnet "The Dolphins" is composed
according to the viewpoint of dolphins who have been prepared to perform for
people in a waterpark and who evidently miss the opportunity they once
appreciated in the ocean.The sonnet along these lines addresses any individual
who has at any point felt bound by circumstances.The sonnet can be taken as a
reflection on the manners in which creatures are frequently abused, even with
no expectation. "The Darkling Thrush "is a sonnet composed by Thomas
Hardy.The sonnet is very miserable and is about the turn of the 20th century.
"The Darkling Thrush"opens with endings: the finish of the year,the end of the
day(the ' debilitating eye of day' sets the sonnet at dusk),even the century's
end. However, every closure is additionally a start or some likeness thereof ,a
breaking point denoting the finish of a certain something and the beginning of
another.Hardys to expose the Victorian age to sharp scrutiny.The speaker
inclines upon a coppice door and perspectives the land around him as an
image of the occasions of the nineteenth century,the 'centurys body
outleant'.The century is kicking the bucket since it is at its end,but likewise on
the grounds that something has passed on because of the occasions of that
century.Thomas Hardy lost his own confidence in Christianity from the get-go
in life.In the sonnet we are given hints that religion is on the speakers
mind.The thrush of the title shows up in the third stanza.The truth that the
thrush,despite being 'matured' and 'little', can in any case sing a melody filled
with'joy illimited' is appeared differently in relation to the speaker,s absence of
trust and joy.The speaker contemplated whether the bird was a harbinger of
some expectation of which he was unaware.The sonnet closes on an equivocal
note:is the speaker enlivened by the 'favored Hope' of the thrushs tune ,or
does he keep on lacking hopefulness for what's to come.

THEMES

Both “The Dolphins”and “The Darkling Thrush” have one similarity; Her verse
contains "contacting" and "sensitive"evocation of
'loss,dislocation,nostalgia'.This sonnet fits this depiction as the dolphins are
feeling the deficiency of the ocean and their opportunity and need it back
while realizing its gone forever.This is depicted in an impactful and mixing
way.The sonnet is about a dolphin,remembering its past free life in the
ocean,speaks about the experience of being restricted to an aquarium with
others of its sort where it is relied upon to perform stunts in the sea-going
likeness a bazaar and where its opportunity is limited.Carol Ann Duffy,s sonnet
"The Dolphins" is composed according to the viewpoint of dolphins who have
been prepared to perform for people in a waterpark and who evidently miss
the opportunity they once appreciated in the ocean.The sonnet hence
addresses any individual who has at any point felt bound by circumstances.The
sonnet can be taken as a reflection on the manners in which creatures are
regularly abused, even with no goal. "The Darkling Thrush "is a sonnet
composed by Thomas Hardy.The sonnet is very miserable and is about the turn
of the 20th century. "The Darkling Thrush"opens with endings: the finish of the
year,the end of the day(the ' debilitating eye of day' sets the sonnet at
dusk),even the century's end. However, every completion is additionally a start
or the like ,a breaking point denoting the finish of a certain something and the
beginning of another.Hardys to expose the Victorian age to sharp scrutiny.The
speaker inclines upon a coppice door and perspectives the land around him as
an image of the occasions of the nineteenth century,the 'centurys body
outleant'.The century is passing on in light of the fact that it is at its end,but
likewise in light of the fact that something has kicked the bucket because of
the occasions of that century.Thomas Hardy lost his own confidence in
Christianity right off the bat in life.In the sonnet we are given hints that religion
is on the speakers mind.The thrush of the title shows up in the third stanza.The
reality that the thrush,despite being 'matured' and 'little', can in any case sing a
tune filled with'joy illimited' is appeared differently in relation to the speaker,s
absence of trust and joy.The speaker contemplated whether the bird was a
harbinger of some desire for which he was unaware.The sonnet closes on a
questionable note:is the speaker propelled by the 'favored Hope' of the
thrushs melody ,or does he keep on lacking hopefulness for what's to come.

SIMILARITIES

“The Dolphins” by Duffy conveys the feelings of nostalgia felt by the dolphins
imprisoned in a water pool for the entertainment of visitors. They felt
powerless and miserable as they have been coercively detracted from their
regular living space, the ocean. The constrained segregation makes them
dismal and despondent. The deficiency of opportunity gauges weighty on the
detached dolphins and the condition of separation in a confined space makes
them nostalgic. Also , in the sonnet " The Darkling Thrush" by Thomas
Hardy ,the writer is feeling tragic. He feels isolated as there is no other person
noticeable during this time on a freezing frigid evening. Ice and winter had
made everybody , aside from the writer, go inside to look for warmth and
assurance. So the artist feels that the mists fill in as a burial place for the dead
body of the current century. The scene in nature is additionally bleak. Maybe
there is pity and misery inside and without. Maybe it is the artist who extends
his sensations of misery onto the scene . In this way very much like "The
Dolphins" the artist in "The Darkling Thrush" go through similar feelings and
sentiments as portrayed in the two sonnets. Similarly as the writer in "The
Darkling Thrush" feels pity as he is in isolation in that spot, the dolphins also
feel very bleak as it is isolated from it's creatures. So the dismal and
melancholy nature of the dolphins are basically the same as the express the
writer is in the sonnet "The Darkling Thrush".

CONCLUSION
In conclusion, both “The Dolphins” and “The Darkling Thrush” are quite
meaningful and sad poems written by Carol Ann Duffy and Thomas Hardy. “The
Dolphins “ by Carol Ann Duffy is a dramatic monologue written from the
perspective of dolphins .The poem shows how animals are suffering in the
hands of men and it urges us to look at the world from their perspective. “The
Darkling Thrush” is a poem about a winter landscape depicting the loneliness
of the speaker described in detail. On a symbolic level, however, this landscape
is an extended metaphor: its bleakness and decay reflect the state of the
western culture at the end of the 19th century. The time in which this poem
was written is significant because it was the end of the century. It may have
been written in 1899, but it was originally published on December 29, 1900,
just a few days before what many people considered the beginning of a new
century.