The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Genre of 'The Ruined Maid'
Genre of 'The Ruined Maid'
Dramatic dialogue poem
Year Hardy wrote 'The Ruined Maid'
Year Hardy wrote 'The Ruined Maid'
1866
Rhyme scheme in 'The Ruined Maid'
Rhyme scheme in 'The Ruined Maid'
AABB
Metre of 'The Ruined Maid'
Metre of 'The Ruined Maid'
Anapestic trimeter
Meaning of 'barton' in the poem
Meaning of 'barton' in the poem
A farm
Meaning of 'spudding up docks'
Meaning of 'spudding up docks'
Pulling up weeds
Refrain ending each stanza
Refrain ending each stanza
ruined said she
Victorian period dates
Victorian period dates
1837-1901
Hardy's fictional name for Dorset
Hardy's fictional name for Dorset
Wessex
Central irony of the poem
Central irony of the poem
'Ruined' woman lives better than 'respectable' rural worker