Maude Clare discussion lesson

I found the class discussion on Maude Clare really usefull, as when I read it at home I didn't understand it that well, and was confused with all the different voices, whos perspective the peom was from, and who was talking at a particular time. I found out many different ideas from the lesson about the poems content, and it was intresting to think about the different voices and characters in the poem. For example, we explored the story of the poem which is set on Thomas and Nell's wedding day, and we found out even though Thomas is marrying Nell, he is still in love with the more beautiful Maude Clare. In the lesson I found out form other people's ideas about how Maude Clare and Thomas once had a relashionship, but Thomas's parents probably arranged for him to marry Nell. This was the same idea as Cousin Kate, a love triange, but with totally different circumstances.

Also thinking about how the story is told from not any of the characters involved with the story, but in the third person, perhaps from an omnicient onlooker, and how this allows us to get Thomas's, Nell's, Maude Claire's and Thomas's parent's point of view, instead of a single biased perspective. Also getting ideas about how the poem suggests Maude Clare lost her viginity to Thomas, and how she gives him to Nell, but knowing she has had the best of him, and is giving Nell the 'lefovers'.