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.” how does the last stanza of “ah, are you digging on my grave? ” by thomas hardy use irony to disappoint the speaker’s expectation? it uses irony to upset the dead woman’s hopes that she is mourned. it uses irony to show the woman that she is deeply missed. it uses irony to introduce a new character who hadn’t been mentioned before. it uses irony to contradict the woman’s statements that she misses being alive.