Count That Day

Lost

Background George Eliot

- Real name: Mary Ann Evans
- Used a male pen-name so she would be taken
seriously
- Because of her intelligence, her father invested in an
education even though she was a girl
- She was taught by the evangelical Maria Lewis in her
teen years
- She left the church later on but it influenced her work

Background Victorian
England
- Queen Victoria ruled Britain from 1837-1901
- London was the largest city in the world at the time
- Most of the population was poor (in the workhouse or
early death)
- Middle and upper class Victorians made up 15% of the
population.
- There was a very big gap between the social classes.
- Victorian women had few rights (underwent cruelty,
sexual violence, verbal abuse, and economic
deprivation, mistresses were common)
- There was no way out of a marriage - women had no
rights to divorce
- Eventually wealthy Victorians did take an interest in

REVIEW OF THE POEM

1. Title
2. Stanzas

3.

A day lost

A day well spent

No small act to help a

soul

Self-denying deeds

Cheered no heart

One word to ease the

heart

Brought no sunshine to
one face
Imagery

One kind glance that

falls like sunshine

sunshine/set of sun
being kind = good thing
4. NOTHING COST