what genre is thomas hardy's poetry
Unlike the work of a poet like Eliot, Hardy's poetry is explicitly English, descr iptive, lyrical, and formally regular and whole (Hynes 175). Hynes refers to Hardy as the principal progenitor of the tradition in this century (175).nlike the work of a poet like Eliot, Hardy's poetry is explicitly English, descr iptive, lyrical, and formally regular and whole (Hynes 175). Hynes refers to Hardy as the principal progenitor of the tradition in this century (175).