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-
the soldier has so much to say
Page-full
he had so much intent to come back
hoped return
the future was so good but was ruined
summer weather
the couple was newly wed
new love that they would learn
what does the rhyme scheme do
it slows the pace of the story down, making have a melancholic tone
what do the two parts do
provide stark contrast between hopes and reality
what does the order of the 2 parts do
results in the hope coming after irony, making it more tragic
what was awful about the war
British public were far removed and the army created concentration camps
what is clever about the 2 parts
both tell us the same story from different views
why did so many die in the war
high offense, low defense
