A Wife in London by Thomas Hardy

A Wife in London (PowerPoint and worksheets)

‘A Wife in London’ is a GCSE English teaching resource for the Thomas Hardy poem - as featured in the WJEC Eduqas GCSE Poetry Anthology. The resource includes a range of activities which explore in detail the poem’s context, language, tone, form, style, theme and structure. The resource is aimed at teachers of GCSE students preparing for the WJEC Eduqas GCSE English examinations.

A Wife in London includes:

An introduction to Thomas Hardy and the context of the poem

Consolidation and understanding tasks

Exploring Hardy’s use of language and imagery

Analysing the poem’s form and structure and Hardy’s use of poetic techniques

Modelling how to use P.E.T.E.R. to write about ‘A Wife in London’

The key themes of ‘A Wife in London’

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