| Front | Thomas Hardy - The Ruined Maid Explore: x4 And whence such fair garments, such prosperi-ty?' 'O didn't you know I'd been ruined?' said she. |
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| Back | •Hypthenation on 'prosperi-ty' ensures the fourth syllable of the word •This enforces the poem's sing-song meter, trivialising the serious concerns of Victiorian propriety as the content is about sex - adding to the satire •Also sing-song so it can become an inclusive, memorable mantra for working class women? => authorial intention •Does this accidentally mock the women? Although Melia has pride, this is still dependent on men => false sense of freedom |
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