what does wan wistlessness mean in the poem “the voice” by thomas hardy?

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• Anonymous

  1 month ago

  wan = pale

  wistlessness seems to be a made-up word, combining the ideas of “listless”, and the opposite of “wistful”.

  So the expression is meant to convey a weary, bloodless emptiness of soul.

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• Juliet H

  1 month ago

  I think you might mean wistfulness, and a voice of wan wistfulness would be quiet, sweet and melancholy.

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• BrushPicks

  1 month ago

  he hasn’t had one in a while.

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