A wife in london context Flashcards
1
Q
Who is the poet of ‘A wife in London’
A
Thomas Hardy
2
Q
What age was Thomas Hardy from
A
Victorian
3
Q
What was Thomas Hardy critical of and why
A
Victorian society + London as he felt that they restricted peoples lives and their happiness
4
Q
What was Thomas Hardy against
A
War
5
Q
What is a theme that is prominent across all of his writing
A
Fate
6
Q
What war is the poem related to
A
The Second Boer War
7
Q
Did Thomas Hardy fight in the war
A
No, he was to old
8
Q
How many English soldiers were killed in the war
A
around 22000
9
Q
If news wasn’t urgent, how were messages delivered
A
By post
