However, it becomes clear in Hardy's satirical poem that the nameless speaker is envious of Amelia because of the gorgeous clothing she is wearing. This poetry also addresses the subject of money. Those with riches were seen as prominent members of society at this time in history.
The speaker calls Amelia a "ruined maid" which means that she is now poor after being rich previously. He also says that she is beautiful which again shows that he is envious of her wealth and position in society.
Amelia is known as a beauty so it is not surprising that she has been used as collateral to borrow money from wealthy people. They want to show off their own clothes and possessions by giving money to someone else who will then give it back to them later on. This practice would have helped people get out of debt back then because they could not afford to pay back what was owed them immediately.
During this time in history, most people were unable to read or write so anything someone wanted to say down on paper had to be spoken word for word. As you can imagine, this made for some dull speeches! However, others chose to write poems instead which allowed them to express themselves more creatively. One example is Thomas Hardy's Amelia poem which I have already mentioned.
What picture is shown throughout the poem? The image of riches appears throughout the piece. These riches include gold and silver coins, gems, and fine clothing. But there is also violence in the painting. Blood is spilt and a man is being hanged.
This image is used to show that even though riches may appear to be good, they can also be very bad. At one point in the poem, it says "For gold will corrupt the mind" (line 40). By this, it means that money can make someone do things they would never normally do.
Another meaning of this image is that misfortune can come from having too much wealth. It is possible that the man in the painting has done something wrong to end up with a terrible fate. For example, maybe he has killed someone else's family member. In this case, his blood would be bloodstained gold coins.
Finally, this image can mean that death can come from having too much wealth. Since the man is hanging dead, this must mean that he has lost his life. Maybe he has been murdered by someone who did not like the way he had been using his wealth.
Amelia's lifelong distaste of drinking and desire for financial security stemmed from his failure and the embarrassment it brought her. He was also disappointed in her when she married George Putnam, a man nearly 20 years her senior, who had already raised two children. Putnam went on to have more children with his wife, but he died when Amelia was only 30 years old.
Amelia began working as a flight instructor at night while still attending college during the day. She soon realized that flying was her passion and decided to pursue it full time. In order to do so, she sold most of her belongings and moved to Miami, Florida, where there were many aviation companies at the time. There she rented an apartment near the airport and started work immediately.
She often spent her free time traveling around the country in an attempt to break new grounds - both aeronautically and geographically. However, due to mechanical problems most of these trips ended in disaster, but that didn't stop her! Although she never successfully completed any flights, she did manage to have some great experiences which made her even more passionate about flying.
Eventually, she met several influential people in the aviation industry and they helped her find jobs with different companies all over the United States.
The overall form of "The Ruined Maid" is regular, with each stanza being a quatrain; the farm girl talks for the first three lines of all except the last quatrain, with Amelia responding in the fourth. In "The Ruined Maid," Hardy paints an intriguing image of young ladies in Victorian times. They live in poverty yet retain their purity of heart, and they die unfulfilled lives.
Amelia is a village maid who has been left alone by her parents to make her own way in the world. She works on a large estate owned by Mr. Boldwood, but she is unhappy there because he wants a wife not a maid. One day, she meets a young man named Frank who asks her to marry him. However, he soon disappears without saying why or where he went. Heartbroken, Amelia takes a job as a housemaid at the big estate owned by Sir Walter Elliot. There she meets Lady Scott, who owns a small estate near Amelia's home town of Clifton. The two women become friends, and when Sir Walter proposes marriage to Lady Scott, she accepts! But what will happen to Amelia? Will she be able to leave her past life behind and start a new one?
This poem was written by Hardy in 1852 when he was only twenty-one years old.
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