In reponse to your question: I consulted a number of books and literary texts on the life and poetical works of Thomas Hardy as well as literature databases and sites on the web.
The general concensus is that this particular poem is part of a group of poems that Thomas Hardy wrote about his wife Emma known as the 'Emma Poems' These poems reveal the state of minds of both Hardy and his wife and the sorrows and joys in their relationship when they lived together
In "the Walk" Hardy talks about the sense of loss and loneliness he has - a 'universal human experience full of sincerity and emotion'. He remembers going for a walk before Emma's (his wife) death, that she couldn't go with him on this walk because she was unwell 'weak and lame' (5th line quoted in poem)
He describes where he walks, that he walked alone, returning to the same place, alone as always and that there is a difference - a sense of emptiness, not in what he sees around him as he walks, but the emptiness he will feel - 'of Emma's room in the house to which he will return'.
In reponse to your question: I consulted a number of books and literary texts on the life and poetical works of Thomas Hardy as well as literature databases and sites on the web. The general concensus is that this particular poem is part of a group of poems that Thomas Hardy wrote about his wife Emma known as the 'Emma Poems' These poems reveal the state of minds of both Hardy and his wife and the sorrows and joys in their relationship when they lived together In "the Walk" Hardy talks about the sense of loss and loneliness he has - a 'universal human experience full of sincerity and emotion'. He remembers going for a walk before Emma's (his wife) death, that she couldn't go with him on this walk because she was unwell 'weak and lame' (5th line quoted in poem) He describes where he walks, that he walked alone, returning to the same place, alone as always and that there is a difference - a sense of emptiness, not in what he sees around him as he walks, but the emptiness he will feel - 'of Emma's room in the house to which he will return'.
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