A Wife In London Flashcards
1
Q
I - The Tragedy
A
Two halves
First is bad news
Negative connotations
2
Q
Tawny vapour
A
Yellow and thick fog
Eerie scene
Sense of foreboding
3
Q
“Webby” // “waning taper”
A
Webby - imagery of spider’s web, trapped and loss is inevitable
Burnt down candle foreshadows life cut short
4
Q
His hand, whom the worm now knows
A
Hand or handwriting/ morbid play on words
Death and physical decay
5
Q
hoped return // home planned jaunts // new love
A
Future plans and optimism, painfully irony
Final contrast between untimely death and new love
