1 - The Ruined Maid/At An Inn Flashcards
Who wrote The Ruined Maid? When was it written?
Thomas Hardy
1866
What did Hardy set out to criticise in the poem?
Victorian society
What trade did Hardy work in? What does society know him as today?
Architecture
Novelist/poet
When did Hardy’s first wife die? What was her name?
December 1912
Emma
When did Hardy remarry? What was peculiar about Florence?
1914
She was 39 years younger
Which wife did Hardy concentrate on in his love poems?
Emma - 1st wife
Why was Hardy buried without his heart?
So he could be buried with his parents and first wife
Where was Hardy’s body buried?
Poet’s corner - Westminster Abbey
What genre is the poem? What does it portray?
Satire
A conversation between 2 women
Who is the “ruined maid”? How does she seem about her decisions?
A mistress
Content
What language is used for the “ruined maid”? What language is used for the other woman?
Informal English
Broken dialect
What does the poem tackle about Victorian society? How did Hardy intend to make the poem come off as?
Issues in society
Light-hearted
Why is the poem called The Ruined Maid?
It draws in the reader’s interest
