A Wife in london

Cards (19)

  • Who wrote A wife in London?
    Thomas Hardy
  • when was A Wife In London written?
    1899 after the second Boer war
  • What kind of poem was A wife in London?
    anti war poem
  • What poem can you compare war with?
    The manhunt
    The soldier
    Dulce
  • What poems can you compare loss with?
    Afternoons
    The Manhunt
    The Soldier
  • What poems can you compare love and relationships with?
    The Manhunt
    Cozy Apologia
  • what is the first part of the poem?
    The Tragedy
  • What is the second part of the poem?
    The Irony
  • has Hardy ever faught in war?
    no
  • what was Hardy Concerned by?
    the lives of ordinary people which is shown through the use of simple language
  • What themes did Hardy often write about?
    Injustice
    love
    unfair treatment of woman
  • Give me a quote that has pathetic fallacy?
    "tawny vapour"
    "the fog hangs thicker"
  • uses of metaphors?
    "webby fold"
    "waning taper"
  • onomatopoeia?

    " a messengers knock cracks smartly"
  • graphic imagery?
    " his hand whom the worm now knows "
  • Euphemism?
    " he has fallen"
  • ironic ending?
    " a new love they would learn "
  • tone?
    gloom
    sadness
    bitter
    ironic
  • language techniques?
    dashes
    caesura