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a wife in London - Coggle Diagram
a wife in London
revealing the horrors of war
dying through gas is horrible(form)
fragmented structure of poem
no rhyme scheme
caesura
gas
children should not be taught that dying in war is glourius(its all a a lie)(tone)
anti-war all the way through
'all my dreams... he hinges at me'
ptsd
imagery
the soldiers are all suffering
semantic field
drowning
devils
blood
horror
war is taking a terrible toll
imagery
beginning of the poem- still taking a toll
research
fighting over gold and diamonds
second one begins in 1899-1902
took place in South Africa
happened before ww1
south land
South Africa
fricative alliteration
on edge
'knock cracks'
onomatopoeia
aggressive brittle negative effects
'tawny vapour'
smog in London - deadly
cold
pathetic fallacy- cold eats discomfort and death
the fog hangs thicker
'the fog' pathetic fallacy
' and of new love'
monosyllabic language
tomas hardy
socially critical
ambulant tone
connotation- overtones and underlying meanings