A Wife in London

Question 1

Who wrote ‘A Wife in London’?

Answer 1

Thomas Hardy

Question 2

When was ‘A Wife in London’ written?

Answer 2

1899

Question 3

Which was does ‘A Wife in London’ describe?

Answer 3

Second Boer War

Question 4

What is the ‘far south land’ described in ‘A Wife in London’?

Answer 4

South Africa

Question 5

What is the heading given to the first and second stanza in ‘A Wife in London’?

Answer 5

I - The Tragedy

Question 6

What is the heading given to the third and fourth stanza in ‘A Wife in London’?

Answer 6

II - The Ironry

Question 6

finish the quote : ‘I…

Answer 6

…The Tragedy’

Question 7

finish the quote : ‘she sits….

Answer 7

….in the tawny vapour’

Question 8

finish the quote : ‘tawny…

Answer 8

..vapour’

Question 9

finish the quote : ‘that the…

Answer 9

…city lanes have uprolled’

Question 10

finish the quote : ‘behind whose…

Answer 10

…webby fold on fold’

Question 11

finish the quote : ‘webby fold…

Answer 11

…on fold’

Question 12

finish the quote : ‘like a…

Answer 12

…waning taper’

Question 13

finish the quote : ‘the street lamp…

Answer 13

…glimmers gold’

Question 14

finish the quote : ‘a messenger’s…

Answer 14

..knock cracks smartly’

Question 15

finish the quote : ‘knock…

Answer 15

…cracks’

Question 16

finish the quote : ‘flashed…

Answer 16

…news in her hand’

Question 17

finish the quote : ‘of meaning…

Answer 17

…it dazes to understand’

Question 18

finish the quote : ‘dazes to…

Answer 18

…understand’

Question 19

finish the quote : ‘though…

Answer 19

…shaped so shortly’

Question 20

finish the quote : ‘he - has…

Answer 20

…fallen’

Question 21

finish the quote : ‘in the…

Answer 21

…far south Land’

Question 22

finish the quote : ‘II…

Answer 22

….The Irony’

Question 23

finish the quote : ‘tis the….

Answer 23

…morrow’

Question 24

finish the quote : 'the fog hangs....

Answer 24

...thicker'

Question 25

finish the quote : 'the postman...

Answer 25

...nears and goes'

Question 26

finish the quote : 'a letter is...

Answer 26

...brought'

Question 27

finish the quote : 'whose lines...

Answer 27

...disclose'

Question 28

finish the quote : 'by the....

Answer 28

...firelight flicker'

Question 29

finish the quote : 'his hand...

Answer 29

...whom the worm now knows'

Question 30

finish the quote : 'the worm...

Answer 30

...now knows'

Question 31

finish the quote : 'fresh...

Answer 31

..firm'

Question 32

finish the quote : 'penned in...

Answer 32

...highest feather'

Question 33

finish the quote : 'page...

Answer 33

full'

Question 34

finish the quote : 'of his...

Answer 34

...hoped return'

Question 35

finish the quote : 'and of...

Answer 35

...homed planned jaunts'

Question 36

finish the quote : 'by brake...

Answer 36

...and burn'

Question 37

finish the quote : 'in the...

Answer 37

...summer weather'

Question 38

finish the quote : 'and of...

Answer 38

...new love they would learn'

Question 39

How does Hardy create tragedy?

Answer 39

using an end stop

Question 40

What does the rhyme scheme in 'A Wife in London' symbolise?

Answer 40

repetition -> 22,000 British troops died -> many widows

Question 41

How does the title 'A Wife in London' create tragedy?

Answer 41

just 'A' happening all over she is not going through individual experience

Question 42

What affect did smoggy London mean for Boer War>

Answer 42

recruitment revealed poor health of men

Question 43

Give a quote from Hardy

Answer 43

a poet should express the emotion of all ages and the thought of his own