Forsaken Wife
Q...Comment.closely.on.ways.in.which..the.following.poem.present.the.speaker's.attitude.to.her.
husband.
.Elizabeth.Thomas.in.this.apostrophe.has.shown.her.distant.towards.her.husband.and.his."infidelity" .
From.the.beginning.till.the.end.we.see.her..condemning.her."cruel".husband..and.ultimately.claiming.
superiority.over.him
.Thomas.has.used.first.person.narration.to.effectively.criticize.his.husband's.inhumane.behaviour ..She.
calls.him.out.for.his."due.humanity".but.ironically.uses.a.rhetorical.question..and.ultimately.declares.that.
he.has.none. .She.demeans.her.husband.for.not.even.giving.her.a."pitying.look.or.a.parting.word" .This.
bicolon.and.polosive.alliteration.emphasizes.her.anger.for.being.mistreated .Elizabeth.had.been.engaged.
to.her.husband.for.16.years.but.he.ultimately.left.without.any.regard .For.this.she.holds.him.
questionable.in.the.court.of.humanity
From.challenging.her.husband.for.his.lack.of.care.we.see.a.shift.towards.an.angry.outburst .She.
addresses.him.as.a."cruel.man" .This.dysphemism.represents.that.she.is.no.longer.going.to.remains.
silent.against.what.she.had.experienced She.scorns.him.for.his."want.a.love".from.other.women.despite.
the.fact.that.she.was.desperately.in.love.with.him .She..metaphorically.describes.herself.as."[ruin]"ed.
after.her.husband.left .This.metaphor.reflects.her.fury.and.disappointment.for.the.situation.in.which.she.
has.been.left.in .The..readers.also.see.a.contrast.in.her.attitude.towards.her.husband.before.and.after.his.
"infidelity" .She..had.given.him.her."love.without.regard".and.always."sighed.unheard" .But..now.her.
"heart.is.broken".by.his."broken.vows" .This.isocolon.and.personification.refers.to.her.emotional.internal.
damage.which.her.husband.has.caused.her .But..after.all.we.see.her.resilient ..Instead.of.mimicking.her.
husband's.betrayal.he.chooses.to.maintain.her.dignity.and..forever.remains."still.the.same" .The.
sibilance.emphasizes.on.her.generosity.against.her.husband's."rigid.hate"
.At.the.end.again.she."dares".her.husband.to.be.true.or."suffer.what.I.do" .The.word."dare".is.used.
deliberately.to.emphasize.the.psuedo.bravery.and.cowardness.of.men,.who.outwardly.pretend.to.be.
protectors.of.family.and.men.of.great.esteem.but.in.reality.are.infidels .By..the.end.speaker.has.treated.
her.husband.to.accept.his.defeat.against.her."[superior]ity".in.respect."to.love.to.honour.and.to.fame" .
This.anaphora.emphasizes.on.determination.to.humiliate.and.discredit.her.husband.in.all.phases.of.life.
after.his.betrayal