Read the passage.

“mistress, i dug upon your grave
to bury a bone, in case
i should be hungry near this spot
when passing on my daily trot.
i am sorry, but i quite forgot
it was your resting-place.”

what unexpected combination of elements does thomas hardy use in “ah, are you digging on my grave? ” to convey his message?

rhyme and cadence

light and darkness

death and humor

sadness and mourning

What unexpected combination of elements does Thomas Hardy use in “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?” to convey his message?

death and humor

imparadis't in one anothers arms  

the happier eden, shall enjoy their fill  

of bliss on bliss, while i to hell am thrust,  

where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,  

among our other torments not the least,  

still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines;  

yet let me not forget what i have gain'd  

from their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems:  

one fatal tree there stands of knowledge call'd,  

forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidd'n?  

suspicious, reasonless. why should their lord  

envie them that? can it be sin to know,