A Wife in London Flashcards
Give 10 pieces of context for this poem:
-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.
‘She sits __ ___ _____ _____.’
‘She sits in the tawny vapour.’
‘Behind those _____ ____ __ ____.’
‘Behind those webby fold on fold.’
‘Like a ______ _____.’
‘Like a waning taper.’
‘The street ____ ______ ____.’
‘The street lamp glimmers cold.’
‘A _________ knock _____ ______.’
‘A messenger’s knock cracks smartly.’
‘Of ______ __ _____ to understand.’
‘Of meaning it dazes to understand.’
‘Though _______ so _______.’
‘Though shaped so shortly.’
‘He - ____ ______ - __ ___ ____ ____ ____.’
‘He - has fallen - in the far south land.’
‘Tis ___ _____; the ___ _____ ______.’
‘Tis the morrow; the fog hangs thicker.’
‘Fresh - ____ - _____ in _______ feather.’
‘Fresh - firm - penned in highest feather.’
‘His hand, ____ ___ ____ ____ ______.’
‘His hand, whom the worm now knows.’
‘Page ____ __ ___ _____ ______.’
‘Page full of his hoped return.’
‘And of home-_______ ______ by brake ___ ____ in the _____ ______.’
‘And of home-planned jaunts by brake and burn in the summer weather.’
‘And of new ____ ____ ____ ______ _____.’
‘And of new love that they would learn.’
