| Front | Thomas Hardy - The Ruined Maid Explore: x3 -'You used to call home-life a hag-ridden dream, And you'd sigh, and you'd sock; but at present you seem To know not of megrims or melancho-ly!' - 'True. One's pretty lively when ruined,' said she. |
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| Back | •repetition of 'ruined' intensifies the reality that Hardy is definitely being ironic - you wouldn't refer to yourself in those terms if you were ashamed. Or is she self-mocking to deny others from doing it? •alliterative 'megrims or melancho-ly' both mean 'depressed' => adds weight to show extent of her misery and a verbal image of how her life is monotonous and repetitive •Sorrow she expresses is still topical as both then and now risk of unemployment was a problem - 1887 the unemployed held a mass demonstration in Trafalgar Square in London & unemployment rate 4.7% in 2016 |
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