A Wife In London
CONTEXT:
Written in 1899 at the end of the Victorian era
He had lots of relationships with younger women
He was estranged with his wife
He thought that the industrial revolution would hurt humanity
He though that the Boer war – in South Africa - was unethical as 22,000
civilians died, these people were forced into the war
RHYME SCHEME:
Meter is inconsistent and varies throughout the poem
ABBAB
TONE & MOOD:
Depressing
Negative
Poignant
Passive
Inharmonious
Isolation
THEMES:
War/warfare
Love/Relationships
Transience/change
Death/mortality
Power/control
Women
Fragility
Injustice
Identity
Poetic Terminology And More…. :
CONTEXT:
Written in 1899 at the end of the Victorian era
He had lots of relationships with younger women
He was estranged with his wife
He thought that the industrial revolution would hurt humanity
He though that the Boer war – in South Africa - was unethical as 22,000
civilians died, these people were forced into the war
RHYME SCHEME:
Meter is inconsistent and varies throughout the poem
ABBAB
TONE & MOOD:
Depressing
Negative
Poignant
Passive
Inharmonious
Isolation
THEMES:
War/warfare
Love/Relationships
Transience/change
Death/mortality
Power/control
Women
Fragility
Injustice
Identity
Poetic Terminology And More…. :
