[Ttha-potm] The poem's speaker

[Betty Cortus]

On Mar 13, 2009, at 5:56 AM, Rosemarie Morgan wrote:
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> This is less fanciful that you might think, Betty. The artist as  
> God is no new idea.

I'm  sure there are many poets who represent God as artist,  
Rosemarie, but I don't recall Hardy representing God, or Nature, or  
the Imminent Will, or whatever he calls it in that way.  He is much  
more likely to describe that entity as a creator who abandoned its  
work after bringing it into being.  Neither can I imagine God being  
described as lying in bed.
Betty