Analysing 'A Wife in London'

English

In 'Poetry anthology', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems. In 'Poetry anthology continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons between poems.

In 'A World at War: Poetry', pupils explore how poets presents the atrocities of World War One through their poetry. In 'Poetry anthology', pupils analyse how a variety of different wars have been presented through poetry.

Poetry anthology: first study

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Which methods come under the term 'figurative language?

creates the impression the wife is isolated

What is the effect of pathetic fallacy in 'A Wife in London' by Hardy?

Which quotation from 'A Wife in London' suggests a false hope and emphasises the waste of life lost in war?

What could the regular and predictable rhyme scheme used in 'A Wife in London' show? 

Using third person gives 'A Wife in London' a feeling of ...

the robotic nature of the delivery of the news 

the wife’s shock as she struggles to process the devastating news

What might the use of punctuation in this line from 'A Wife in London' show: "He - has fallen - in the far South Land …"? 

Hardy was pro-war and thought war was unecessary

Hardy was anti-war and thought war was a waste of human life

Hardy didn't live through any wars, and had no real opinion on them

when the writer makes subtle hints about what is to come.

when the writer makes a direct comparison between two things

when the writer exaggerates details in their description for dramatic effect

What person are the pronouns 'he', 'she' and 'they' written in?

When human emotions are given to non-human objects found in nature, this is known as...

"Like a waning taper The street-lamp glimmers cold"

Which example from 'A Wife in London' is a simile?

 The way a poem is organised is the {{}} of the poem.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Adult supervision recommended

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