A Wife In London

Question 1

Place quotes a wife in london

Answer 1

“A wife in London”
“In the tawny vapour”
“Whose webby fold on fold” alliteration = trapped?
“The street-lamp glimmers cold”
“The fog hangs thicker”
“His hand, whom the worm now knows” alliterative = decomposition

Question 2

Love quotes a wife in london

Answer 2

“The fog hangs thicker”
“Penned in the highest feather”
“Page-full of his hoped return”
“And of home-planned jaunts by brake and burn”
“And of new love that they would learn”

Question 3

Death/ war quotes a wife in london

Answer 3

“The tragedy”
“The street lamp glimmers cold”
“He - has fallen - on the far South land”
“The fog hangs thicker”
“His hand, whom the worm now knows”

Question 4

Time quotes a wife in london

Answer 4

“The tragedy”
“The irony”
“Tis the morrow”

Question 5

Form and structure a wife in london

Answer 5

Two distinct sections with headings
4 quintains = plain and simple structure
Two sections very similar structurally = comparison of different feelings of letters her feels the same
Follows ABBAB rhyme = relentless rhythm showcasing death in war is inevitable
Small dysfunction of rhyme = disruptive effect from telegram

Question 6

Poet a wife in london

Answer 6

Thomas Hardy