A Wife In London Flashcards
1
Q
What year
A
1899
2
Q
What was is the poem about
A
Boer War fought by an Imperialist Britain in South Africa between 1899-1902 – perspective is biased by positive British media accounts.
3
Q
What was the heath like in boer war
A
Urban London was smoggy and recruitment for Boer War revealed poor health of men.
4
Q
What did hardy do instead of fight
A
Hardy was a novelist writing narratives of tragedy and fateful events; gave up writing novels for poetry – his style was tragic
5
Q
Did hardy fight in the war
A
No, he was too old to fight in the boer war and the Great War
6
Q
What did hardy think about thoughts and emotions
A
Hardy: “A poet should express the emotion of all ages and the thought of his own”
