Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" signify hope in the midst of despair?
I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires.

The land's sharp features seemed to be
The Century's corpse outleant,
His crypt the cloudy canopy,
The wind his death lament.
The ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunken hard and dry,
And every spirit upon earth
Seemed fervourless as I.

At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited;
An aged thrust, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.

Answer:

Lines 13-16: "At once a voice arose among / The bleak twigs overhead / In a full-hearted evensong / Of joy illimited." These lines describe the sudden appearance of a bird singing a joyful song among the barren, lifeless trees. The bird's song is described as "full-hearted" and "illimited" and it contrasts with the desolate and gloomy scene described earlier in the poem. The bird's song is a symbol of hope and life in the midst of despair and death.Lines 17-20: "An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small, / In blast-beruffled plume, / Had chosen thus to fling his soul / Upon the growing gloom." These lines describe the bird that is singing the joyful song. The bird is described as "aged", "frail", and "gaunt" which suggest that it's at the end of its life, but it's singing nonetheless. The phrase "fling his soul upon the growing gloom" suggest that the bird is choosing to celebrate life and hope in the face of death and despair.

Explanation:

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The first set of lines:

The ancient pulse of germ and birth, Was shrunken hard and dry

The second set of lines:

At once a voice arose among, The bleak twigs overhead

The first sentences of this passage by Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" convey a feeling of pessimism and sorrow. The land's angular characteristics like the corpse of a long-dead century, and the old pulse of birth and germ have dried up and diminished.

The second group of lines conveys hope in the gloom. A voice can be heard singing an unrestricted congregational singing of joy over the gloomy twigs above. An elderly, little, thin thrush has made an option to cast its soul into the gathering darkness. In contrast to the depressing tone of the very initial set of lines, this exhilarating image of optimism and excitement provides an indication of hope.

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