Question

Thomas Hardy - The Ruined MaidExplore: x3-'At home in the barton (farm) you said "thee" and "thou",And "thik oon", and "theas oon", and "t'other"; but nowYour talking quite fits 'ee for high compa-ny!'Some polish is gained with one's ruin,' said she.

Accepted Answer

•5 examples for previous dialect expresses how overwhelmed the country girl is by Melia's transition => social mobility was inconceivable at the time + this also accentuates the eloquence of the latter

•Division between the girls most evident in contrasting informal English with broken dialect

•'ruin' => self-pitying tone + contradictory with 'polished'

Front	Thomas Hardy - The Ruined Maid Explore: x3 -'At home in the barton (farm) you said "thee" and "thou", And "thik oon", and "theas oon", and "t'other"; but now Your talking quite fits 'ee for high compa-ny! 'Some polish is gained with one's ruin,' said she.
Back	•5 examples for previous dialect expresses how overwhelmed the country girl is by Melia's transition => social mobility was inconceivable at the time + this also accentuates the eloquence of the latter •Division between the girls most evident in contrasting informal English with broken dialect •'ruin' => self-pitying tone + contradictory with 'polished'

Oon Dialect Thomas Hardy Ruined Maid Explore X3