At An Inn-Hardy Flashcards
1
Q
What are the key structural features of At an Inn?
A
- Trimeter and dimeter gives a sense of incomplete unfulfilment
- Volta “Yet never the love-light shone between us there”
2
Q
What are the key language features of At an Inn?
A
- Rhetorical questions
- Religious imagery
- semantic field of weddings
- sibilance
3
Q
Which quotes support the method of: rhetorical questions?
A
“Why cast he on our port a bloom not ours?”
“ Why shaped us for his sport in after-hours?
4
Q
Which quotes support the method of: sibilance?
A
“O severing sea and land, O laws of men”
5
Q
Which quotes support the method of: semantic field of weddings?
A
“veiled smiles”
“made them our ministers”
6
Q
What literary era is At an Inn from?
A
Victorian
7
Q
What is the key contextual information for At an Inn?
A
- Widely known to be about a poet named Florence, who was married
- Victorian societal expectations would leave Hardy and Florence in disgrace if they had an extramarital affair
8
Q
What are the key themes of At an Inn?
A
- Barriers to love
- Religion
- Class
- Unrequited love
- Loss/ end of love
