Snaith School// Wife in London Poem quotes and brief explanation 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteraturePoetry: A wife in LondonGCSEAQA Created by: AmyParnell28Created on: 09-05-17 18:18 Rhyme Scheme Emphasisng the depressive mood and emotion behind the poems message. 1 of 7 "Fog hangs thicker" Imagery provides the reader a sense of mourning and darkness. The words "fog" and "cold" illustrate winter, when the weather is dull and gloomy. 2 of 7 "He-has-fallen in the far south land" The use of euthmism allows the author to provides the reader with a less offensive way of a death. 3 of 7 "Like a waning taper the street-lamp glimmers cold" Similie compares the waning light of the street lamp to the life of the solidier that is fading away. 4 of 7 "His hands whom the worm now knows" The irony of the excitement of the return of the husband, but in fact the husband will never return. 5 of 7 "Shaped so shortly" Alliteration 6 of 7 "She" Symbolises the many women whos husbands have died in war. 7 of 7
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