A Wife In London

Question 1

What year -a wife in London

Answer 1

1899

Question 2

What was is the poem about -a wife in London

Answer 2

Boer War fought by an Imperialist Britain in South Africa between 1899-1902 – perspective is biased by positive British media accounts.

Question 3

What was the heath like in boer war -a wife in London

Answer 3

Urban London was smoggy and recruitment for Boer War revealed poor health of men.

Question 4

What did hardy do instead of fight -a wife in London

Answer 4

Hardy was a novelist writing narratives of tragedy and fateful events; gave up writing novels for poetry – his style was tragic

Question 5

Did hardy fight in the war -a wife in London

Answer 5

No, he was too old to fight in the boer war and the Great War

Question 6

What did hardy think about thoughts and emotions -a wife in London

Answer 6

Hardy: “A poet should express the emotion of all ages and the thought of his own”