A farmers bride Flashcards
what type of victim is she in this poem
a patriacal
what is the poem about
this is about a young lady having a arranged marriage to a farmer who is horrible to her ignors her and gets chased by the men when she runs away she is loike an animal as she is so scared
The farmer’s bride
the bride is a virgin as you wait until marriage
The is writen as if the farmer is an important person
egotisitical
bride suggests she has no control and identity annymore
the bride belongs to the farmer and he has contol and dominance
thefarmers suggests she his propety
three summer since i chose a maid
now he is calling her a maid
i chosse suggests she had no choice
three summer ago is importnat as he is a farmer
she is now seen as a slave
maid sugests that she is still a virgin
written in first person
shows his ego
she is only thre to sereve him now as she is cold t him
The brown of her,-her eyes, her hair,her hair
he is obssesing over her
he could be lonley
he could be disgusted by her
he coukd be stunned and in awe of her beauty
he is ignoring her as a person she in only an object to him
only interested in her looks
sense of frustaraition
powere of three= her, her, her
as if she is animal in his farm now
animal imagrey
animal imagry examples
fightend like a fay suggests she isnt real and that she is very fragile
wide brown smile like a rabbit or somethinh ferrrel
shy as a leveret= babby hare shy and inoccent
context
mew expirenced unrequited love
farmers tend to marry younger peopel from other close familys
by the tim mew was writing the suffaragets jad happened and amrriage and social strucctures were changing
