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Analysing the poem 'The Farmer's Bride' by Charlotte Mew

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I can write about the dysfunctional relationship in 'The Farmer's Bride'.

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Mew uses a simile to convey the fear the wife feels towards her husband. Mew uses a semantic field of natural imagery to reveal how the husband infantilises and others his wife. Mew uses a collective pronoun to show how the wife is forced into submission. Mew uses natural imagery to convey the wife's growing emotional distance. Mew uses exclamation in the resolution to suggest the husband continues to fantasise about his wife.

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