A Wife In London Flashcards
Overview of the poem
A Wife in London” is a bleak anti-war poem by the English poet Thomas Hardy. It was composed two months after the start of the Boer War (1899). The poem focuses on a woman who receives the tragic news of her husband’s death in the war. Then, to make matters worse, a letter from the husband himself arrives, talking optimistically about future plans. Hardy made his name as a novelist, writing books but he focused on poetry later on in his
What does the title suggest “a wife in london”
“A” shows its not percisic. Many wives had to watch their husband leave with the possibility they never return. Waiting for news everyday.
What is the first line of the poem
“I - The Tragety
She sits in the tawny vapour”
Last line of the poetry
“And of new love that they would learn.”
Who wrote the peom
Thomas hardy
When whas it released
Late 1800
What war was it about
The boer war
What was hardy critical of
Critical of the victorian society
What was his comment on war
Commentary on the futility of war (pointless) only cause suffering.
What does this poem show
Shows how death of soldiers effect loves ones.
What are the two parts of the poem
The tragedy
The irony
“He-has-fallen……”
“He -has-fallen-in the far south land”
“His hand……”
“His hand who the worn now knows”
“Knew love……”
“New love they would learn.”
Analyse - “she sist in the tawny vapour” Stamza one (line 1)
“Sits” is not a very active verb, and it gently indicates the wife’s helplessness in her particular situation—her husband has gone to war and is far away, and whatever happens to him is out of her control.
“Tawny vapour” is the mist and fog that surrounded london at the time.
