a wife in lodon Flashcards
who is the author of ‘a wife in london’?
Thomas Hardy
what war is ‘A wife in London’ about
the second Boer war
what are the names of the two parts of ‘A wife in London’?
I- The Tragedy
II - The Irony
what is the first line of ‘A wife in London’?
‘She sits in the tawny vapour’
what is the last line of ‘A wife in London’
‘And of new love that they would learn.’
what year was the 2nd Boer war?
1899-1902
what is the first line of the second part of ‘A wife in London’
’ ‘Tis the morrow; the fog hags thicker’
what is the last line of the first part of ‘a wife in london’?
‘He- has fallen - in the far south land…’
what is the rhyme sheme of ‘a wife in london’
abbab cddcd effef ghhgh
fill in the gaps: ‘A messenger’s knock cracks ___,/ ____ news is in her hand/ Of meaning it ____ to ____’
smartly, flashed, dazes, understand
fill in the gaps: ‘His ___, whom the ____ now ____:’
hand, worm, knows
fill in the gaps: ‘Fresh - ____ - penned in ____ ____ -/ Page full of his ___ ____,/
firm, highest feather, hoped return
