A Wife in London Flashcards
1
Q
When was “A Wife in London” written?
A
1899
2
Q
What war was “A Wife in London” during?
A
Boer War
3
Q
3 contextual points about Thomas Hardy (A Wife in London)
A
-Victorian realist
-wrote about affect of War on families
-critical of those who moved to the countryside during War
4
Q
A Wife in London: “She sits in…
A
the tawny vapour that the City lanes have uprolled”
5
Q
A Wife in London: “Like a warning…
A
taper the street-lamp glimmers cold”
6
Q
A Wife in London: “He - has…
A
fallen - in the far South Land…”
7
Q
A Wife in London: “the fog…
A
hangs thicker”
8
Q
A Wife in London: “Page-full of…
A
hoped return”
9
Q
A Wife in London: “And of a new…
A
love that they would learn”
10
Q
What is the rhyme scheme in “A Wife in London”?
A
ABBAB - regular and repetitive like the cycle of life and death in war
