Questions+for+The+Ruined+Maid


 * Questions for "The Ruined Maid"**

Name: ............................................................... Period: ........... Date: ...............

1, Who are the two speakers in this poem?

2, What does the term maid mean in the title? Look it up in a dictionary if you are not sure.

3, What different meanings does the dictionary give for the word ruined? Which one applies to the poem?

4. How does the ruined maid probably earn her living? What details suggest this?

5. Describe how the tone of the country maid's speeches changes during the course of the poem.

6. What tone does the ruined maid use in addressing her former friend?

7. How does the final line undercut the ruined maiden's boast that she gained "polish? with her ruin?

8. What is Hardy's tone -- that is the tone of the poem itself?