le it by making new love or it could mean that they wanted to spark off their married life once again, as soon as the war was over.
The idea of summer weather and love together has also been mentioned in Edith Nesbit’s In Hospital. “Beneath green leaves bright-fluttered by the wing Of fleeting, beautiful, immortal Spring, I should have said, ‘I love you,’ and your eyes Have said, ‘I, too … ‘ the gods saw otherwise. ” The poem, A Wife in London has been set out in two parts, each part containing two stanzas. The first is the day that she receives the bad news and the second part is the day that she receives her husband’s letter. Each stanza contains five lines with an ABBAB rhyme scheme. The poet uses certain words to catch the reader’s attention.
In this particular poem the first line of the second stanza reads, “A messenger’s knock cracks smartly”. The word ‘cracks’ has been used to catch the reader’s attention and also to break the silence of the poem that was present until that moment. The poet wanted to make the reader feel that sudden reaction and so uses onomatopoeia to grab the attention. I think the main theme and purpose of this poem is to show how people who are many miles away from the war suffer. It shows the anxiety and restlessness that is felt by family members eagerly waiting to hear news of their loved ones.
It is a very emotional poem but also shows the way in which Fate plays with its victims. It first shows the woman receiving the bad news, but what is worse is the fact that she is once again reminded of her husband through his letter arriving the next day. I think the poem is an excellent way of portraying the lives of people who are at home. It shows that there are many people that suffer during war times. People think the soldiers are the only victims but the real and biggest victims are those who are living restlessly, desperately waiting to hear of their loved ones.
I agree with the ideas of the poet and fell that this poem should be read by those who feel that war is something far away from them when really there are many in their own cities that are fighting against sadness and grief over the loss of dear ones and loved ones or those who are living nervously and at the ‘edge of their seats’. War explores the gruesomeness of war and the terrifying torments faced by those who are fighting or helping on the front line. The poem is set in an emergency field hospital near the front line. A battle is going on in the distance.
A badly wounded man with a massive injury caused by a ricochet is brought in for the doctor to treat. The poem is set into three parts. The first part is where the injured man is brought into the tent. The second part is where the patient is being treated and the third part is when the doctor is unable to keep him alive and the soldier becomes another casualty of war. We can tell that the tent is very close to the fighting because the first line reads, “A tent that is pitched at the base”. The ‘Case’ is brought in on a stretcher from a wagon.
We can tell that the soldier is in a great deal of pain from the line that reads, “The Infantry’s bearing the brunt”. It is again shown that the tent is pitched very close to the front line of fighting and that there are many wounded and injured inside the tent. “A mutter of guns at the front: A whimper of sobs at the rear” The last few lines of the stanza are those of the doctor. These lines are the ones that determine what has happened in the whole stanza. They sum up all the action through the eyes of the field doctor. “And it’s War! Orderly, hold the light.
You can lay him on the table: so. Easily – gently! Thanks – you may go. ‘ And it’s War! but the part that is not for show. ” From these lines we can see that there is an operating table in the tent. We can also see that the poem has been written to describe those things that are kept disclosed to the people at home. All the gruesomeness of war is really what comes through the field hospital. All the unsightly wounds and injuries are the things that are never shown or they are the thi