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Thomas Hardy’s “The Ruined Maid” is a satyr, and full of irony. Though this is not supposed to be a serious poem some critics say this poem is more serious than one might think due to what was going on in Hardy’s life at the time. He was young and did not have his life figured out quite yet, nor did he have much of a love life.

Introduction: Thomas Hardy's "The Ruined Maid" is a poem about a woman who loses her purity or virginity during the Victorian Era. During this period of time, a woman losing her purity before marriage is looked down upon, and this poem is displays how the ruined maid sees herself, but also how society sees her. Though the poem takes on real issues of culture during the Victorian Era, it is not supposed to be a prominently serious poem. Hardy meant for this poem to be light-hearted rather then take on hard hitting issues of society during the time. SalenaLC (talk) 19:47, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

"The Ruined Maid" is a conversation between two people, this gives Hardy room to have two dialects between each person. For the ruined maid he uses a broken dialect, and for the other gentleman he uses a proper english dialect. Thomas Hardy uses a couplet rhyme scheme which can often be found in satirical poetry. This form is also known as an "aabb" rhyme scheme because every two lines rhyme in each stanza.SalenaLC (talk) 19:47, 14 May 2015 (UTC)