A Wife in London Flashcards

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Give 10 pieces of context for this poem:

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-About the Boer War, over the gold rich territories of South Africa
-Lack of consideration from the government
-Huge, powerful British Army against a small forced of untrained Dutch soldiers
-You would expect the British to win, however they faced huge difficulties
-The farmers knew how to fight on this terrain
-Poem looks at the height of the British Empire
-Hardy criticises the British Empire for being careless and cruel
-Hardy tries to express the loss of human life, not the loss of the British Empire
-British burnt thousand of farm houses, leaving thousands homeless. They were transported to refugee camps which became more like prisons and eventually concentration camps
-Hardy explores the impact of war on a broader level as it’s set in London, not South Africa.

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2
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‘She sits __ ___ _____ _____.’

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‘She sits in the tawny vapour.’

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‘Behind those _____ ____ __ ____.’

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‘Behind those webby fold on fold.’

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4
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‘Like a ______ _____.’

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‘Like a waning taper.’

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5
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‘The street ____ ______ ____.’

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‘The street lamp glimmers cold.’

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6
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‘A _________ knock _____ ______.’

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‘A messenger’s knock cracks smartly.’

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7
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‘Of ______ __ _____ to understand.’

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‘Of meaning it dazes to understand.’

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8
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‘Though _______ so _______.’

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‘Though shaped so shortly.’

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9
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‘He - ____ ______ - __ ___ ____ ____ ____.’

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

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9
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‘Tis ___ _____; the ___ _____ ______.’

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‘Tis the morrow; the fog hangs thicker.’

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10
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‘Fresh - ____ - _____ in _______ feather.’

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‘Fresh - firm - penned in highest feather.’

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10
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‘His hand, ____ ___ ____ ____ ______.’

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‘His hand, whom the worm now knows.’

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11
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‘Page ____ __ ___ _____ ______.’

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‘Page full of his hoped return.’

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12
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‘And of home-_______ ______ by brake ___ ____ in the _____ ______.’

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‘And of home-planned jaunts by brake and burn in the summer weather.’

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13
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‘And of new ____ ____ ____ ______ _____.’

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‘And of new love that they would learn.’

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14
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What themes are explored in the poem?

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-Loss
-War
-Love
-Hope

15
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Give 2 pieces of structure in the poem:

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-Free verse
-ABBAB rhyme scheme in every stanza

16
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What form is this poem?

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En elegy - theme of death