A Wife in London Flashcards
used to set the scene, pathetic fallacy
tawny vapour
London (also generic to show how widespread the occurrence was)
the City
the fog is layered, the adjective is used to reflect on the clinging of the fog as London had bad smog
webby fold on fold
the diminishing of hope is showed in the first stanza
waning taper
juxtaposition of hope in the cold, zoom in on first word
glimmers cold
postman is smart, opposite of the news
cracks smartly
the letter is unexpected
Flashed news
the wife is too shocked to instantly understand
dazes to understand
the message is so short, making it more sad
shaped so shortly
the - show how sad it is, the location description shows how far removed the public are from the SA war
He- has fallen- in the far South Land…
pathetic fallacy makes the scenario sadder
fog hangs thicker
postman does this, like the hope of the soldier’s return
nears and goes
the last hope is doing the same as the firelight
firelight flicker
the soldier is dead and buried
whom the worm now knows
the soldier was so confident in his return, more irony
Fresh- firm- penned in highest feather-
