What did Thomas Hardy's poems reflect?

a-an appreciation for love and life

b-a mockery of Victorian thinking

c-the grim outlook in the late Victorian era

d-a sense of pride and patriotism

Based on the fact that he was know to have become very optimistic with age, and had also said "who holds that if way to the Better there be, it exacts a full look at the Worst," then I'd say the answer is, A. An appreciation for love and life.