Thomas Hardy: Poems

Discuss the poem 'Musee des beaux arts' as a poem of human suffering and indifference.

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Musee des Beaux Arts is a poem that focuses on human suffering, tragedy and pain by contrasting the lives of those who suffer and those who do not. The reader must interpret how the speaker's feelings are meaningful to us by understanding why the speaker finds the painting relevant to him. We must be empathetic in a backwards sort of way.