a wife in lodon Flashcards

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who is the author of ‘a wife in london’?

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Thomas Hardy

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2
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what war is ‘A wife in London’ about

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the second Boer war

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what are the names of the two parts of ‘A wife in London’?

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I- The Tragedy
II - The Irony

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what is the first line of ‘A wife in London’?

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‘She sits in the tawny vapour’

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what is the last line of ‘A wife in London’

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‘And of new love that they would learn.’

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what year was the 2nd Boer war?

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1899-1902

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what is the first line of the second part of ‘A wife in London’

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’ ‘Tis the morrow; the fog hags thicker’

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what is the last line of the first part of ‘a wife in london’?

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‘He- has fallen - in the far south land…’

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what is the rhyme sheme of ‘a wife in london’

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abbab cddcd effef ghhgh

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fill in the gaps: ‘A messenger’s knock cracks ___,/ ____ news is in her hand/ Of meaning it ____ to ____’

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smartly, flashed, dazes, understand

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fill in the gaps: ‘His ___, whom the ____ now ____:’

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hand, worm, knows

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fill in the gaps: ‘Fresh - ____ - penned in ____ ____ -/ Page full of his ___ ____,/

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firm, highest feather, hoped return

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