his Poems 1912-13reflect upon her death.In 1914,Hardy married his secretary Florence Emily Dugdale,who was 39 years his junior.However,he remained preoccupied with his first wife's death and tried to overcome his remorse by writingpoetry.[6] Hardy became ill with pleurisy in December 1927and died at Max Gate just after 9 pm on 11 January 1928,having dictated his final poem to his wife on his deathbed;the cause ofdeath was cited,on his death certificate,as"cardiacsyncope",with"old age"given as a contributory factor.His funeral was on 16 January at Westminster Abbey,and it proved a controversial occasion because Hardy and his family and friends had wished for his body to be interred at Stinsford in the same graveas his first wife Emma.However,his executor,Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, insisted that he be placed in theabbey's famous Poets'Corner.A compromise was reached whereby his heart was buried at Stinsford with Emma,and his ashes in Poets'Corner. Shortly after Hardy'sdeath,theexecutorsofhis estate burnt his letters and notebooks.Twelve records survived,one ofthem 10 containing notes and extracts ofnewspaper stories from the 1820s.Research into these provided insight into how Hardy kept track ofthem and how he used them in his later work.[7]In the his Poems 1912–13 reflect upon her death. In 1914, Hardy married his secretary Florence Emily Dugdale, who was 39 years his junior. However, he remained preoccupied with his first wife's death and tried to overcome his remorse by writing poetry.[6] Hardy became ill with pleurisy in December 1927 and died at Max Gate just after 9 pm on 11 January 1928, having dictated his final poem to his wife on his deathbed; the cause of death was cited, on his death certificate, as "cardiac syncope", with "old age" given as a contributory factor. His funeral was on 16 January at Westminster Abbey, and it proved a controversial occasion because Hardy and his family and friends had wished for his body to be interred at Stinsford in the same grave as his first wife, Emma. However, his executor, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, insisted that he be placed in the abbey's famous Poets' Corner. A compromise was reached whereby his heart was buried at Stinsford with Emma, and his ashes in Poets' Corner. Shortly after Hardy's death, the executors of his estate burnt his letters and notebooks. Twelve records survived, one of them containing notes and extracts of newspaper stories from the 1820s. Research into these provided insight into how Hardy kept track of them and how he used them in his later work.[7]In the 10’