Maude Clare Flashcards
1
Q
Maude Clare’s superiority
A
‘Maude Clare was like a queen’
2
Q
Rejects Thomas’ possession
A
‘Here’s my half of the golden chain you wore about your neck’
(To Nell) ‘Take my share of a fickle heart’
3
Q
Sexual connotation
A
‘The day we waded ankle-deeep for lilies in the beck’
4
Q
Nell embracing this possession from Thomas
A
‘He’s my lord for better and worse’
‘I’ll love him till he loves me best’
‘His bride was like a village maid’
5
Q
Thomas
A
‘My lord was pale with inward strife’
6
Q
Critical quote about poem as a whole
A
Simon Avery
Maude Clare is ‘a clear critique of dominant masculinity’
7
Q
Critical quote about the marriage market
A
Helsigner
Emphasises ‘women’s powerlessness in the competitive marriage market’
