Thomas Hardy "In Time of the Breaking of Nations" & "Going and Staying" (Both are available at bartleby.com)

<Tab/>The title of the first poem leads the reader to believe that the poem has some political meaning in its body. Oddly "In Time of the Breaking of Nations" has the opposite; it has the disregard of political affairs. In Thomas Hardy's era, the American Revolution occurred which most likely gave him the name of the poem "In Time of the Breaking of Nations," but the mood directly gave the …

…the first poem, he says that life will flow without taking anything into account, even a war between two countries. In the second poem, he goes on to describe the beauty of life's flow. The flow of his poetry is the only logical connection between both of the poems. Without it, the reader would not understand his purpose in writing his poetry and be absolutely clueless about his entire message with both of the poems.