http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ AllHonours Q&A » Tag: Poetry - Recent Posts en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:52:28 +0000 http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14426#post-74994 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:28:28 +0000 nathan wheeler 74994@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>thank you very much a big help i must admit</p> <p>Best plan of attack<br /> Nathan wheeler </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14426#post-74973 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:23:47 +0000 Jon Ryan 74973@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p><strong><em>‘Discuss how Eavan Boland deals with contemporary issues in all her poems.’</strong></p> <p>Eavan Boland wrote her poetry in a time of turblence, not just in her personal life, but in the world around her. Her poetry was born in the time of the Troubles in Ireland, which saw civil strife between Catholics and Protestants, Republicans and Unionists, fighting over whether Ireland should be a republic or included in the United Kingdom. Boland’s life during this time contained similar struggle, which included relationship problems with her husband and serious health problems for her child. Boland’s poetry features this turbulence, which is unique not only in subject matter but also in that such issues are contemporary: years later they can still appeal to and be related to by many, as they focus on themes which are relevant to today’s audience. Some of her poems that show this as LOVE, THIS MOMENT, THE BLACK LACE FAN MY MOTHER GAVE ME, THE WAR HORSE, THE FAMINE ROAD and CHILD OF OUR TIME. </p> <p>As said, Boland’s poetry focuses on the turbulent world she lived in, the Ireland of the 1970s/1980s. Such issues from this time and world are contemporary for today’s audience because they affected how the Ireland of today, that many of Boland’s audience live in, was shaped. Boland looks at events that have shaped Ireland of the present such as the Troubles in CHILD OF OUR TIME. Here she uses the image of an infant, killed by the Dublin bombings of May 17th 1974, the day which had the most casualities of any day of the Troubles, to symbolize the innocent affected by the Troubles. The infant is also used because a later newspaper photograph showed a fireman taking the infant’s dead body out of the debris. Boland tells the child that we ‘must learn from you dead,// To make our broken images, rebuild/ Themselves around your limbs’ and cease such brutal acts to achieve aims. Elsewhere, she focuses on the famine in THE FAMINE ROAD, which caused the mass emigration of much of the Irish population of past generations, due to their sufferings from poverty and overworking which she details: </p> <p>‘Sick, directionless they worked. Fork, stick<br /> were iron years away; after all could<br /> they not blood their knuckles on rock, suck<br /> April hailstones for water and for food?’</p> <p>Boland uses another poem dealing with the Troubles, THE WAR HORSE, to convey how such events are not simply in the moment: they shaped a country and civilisation irrevocably, up to this day. The result of the famine in the twenty-first century is that many of Boland’s Irish audience have relatives abroad in countries such as America, while there are still some deep divides today in Ireland between Catholics and Protestants, caused by the Troubles, despite the Good Friday Agreement. In the WAR HORSE Boland uses the image of a traveller’s horse entering a suburb and harming gardens (‘a leaf of our laurel hedge is torn’) to symbolise the intrusion of violence into Irish life such as with the Troubles. At the end of the poem she remarks of a rose that the horse smashes, ‘Ribbonned across our hedge, recalling days/ Of burned countryside, illicit betrayed’, a comment on how the Troubles still linger in the mindset of the Irish people, and have not simply disappeared like the violence, showing how the events that Boland focuses on are contemporary for today’s audience, as they are still relevant and still affecting of Ireland today, years after they took place.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.ryjolc.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ryjolc.wordpress.com</a><br /> <a href="http://www.allhonours.ie/lc-jc-english-grinds-online-weekly-newsletter-free-online-help-answers-to-every-question-ever/" rel="nofollow">http://www.allhonours.ie/lc-jc-english-grinds-online-weekly-newsletter-free-online-help-answers-to-every-question-ever/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.allhonours.ie/notes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.allhonours.ie/notes/</a></p> <p>The rest of the answer is included in an offer for notes on Hamlet, Dickinson and Boland that we are offering to students - check out this offer at <a href="http://www.ryjolc.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ryjolc.wordpress.com</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#</a>!/event.php?eid=164434733592880 or email us at <a href="mailto:ryjolc@gmail.com">ryjolc@gmail.com</a> for details. </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14426#post-74965 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:22:48 +0000 nathan wheeler 74965@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>completly lost with the feminism of eaven boland i despise her in more ways than should be rational but i really need a dig out &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_razz.gif&quot; title=&quot;:P&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; anyone game?? </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14370#post-74877 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:37:47 +0000 Jon Ryan 74877@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p><em>Interesting questions posed by Boland:</p> <p>- wonders about the world she lives in, and questions the problems that she sees around her, wondering how they detrimental they may be, if they can be solved, and if there is any hope for the world, and if it can be purged of these problems (Child of Our Time, The War Horse, Love)</p> <p>- wonders if certain people who are entrapped can free/ liberate themselves (The Famine Road, The Shadow Doll, Love)</p> <p>These questions are delivered by means of a unique style:</p> <p>- use of the suburbs: Boland uses the suburbs when asking the above questions, which has the effect of showing how universal and relevant these questions are, how the problems and entrapment she spoke about can happen in places her audience can relate to, in places that they reside (The War Horse, The Pomegranate, Love)</p> <p>- language/ imagery: Not only does Boland show how her problems are commonplace, she also shows how they can be exceptional, and happen in unusual incidents also as she uses her language/ imagery to create unusual worlds in which these problems happen (The Shadow Doll, The Pomegranate, The War Horse).</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.ryjolc.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ryjolc.wordpress.com</a><br /> <a href="http://www.allhonours.ie/lc-jc-english-grinds-online-weekly-newsletter-free-online-help-answers-to-every-question-ever/" rel="nofollow">http://www.allhonours.ie/lc-jc-english-grinds-online-weekly-newsletter-free-online-help-answers-to-every-question-ever/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.allhonours.ie/notes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.allhonours.ie/notes/</a> </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14370#post-74815 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:15:53 +0000 tammyc 74815@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>Using the poems of<br /> . The War Horse<br /> . Child of Our Time<br /> . The Famine Road<br /> . The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me<br /> . Outside History<br /> . This Moment<br /> Need Some Help 2011 Leaving Cert Student &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif&quot; title=&quot;8O&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14070/page/2#post-73615 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:53:14 +0000 lcruiningmylife 73615@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>fuckers!! </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14128#post-73611 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:48:56 +0000 lcruiningmylife 73611@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>honestly if this year has taught more or less every 6th year out there at the moment dont take the risk!just because Kav Rich and Yeats came up this year doesnt mean they wont put them on next year..it sucks!im just lucky that I had a strange notion that I should cram Kavanagh wed night- I only had Boland and Longley done before that!so basically do your 5 poets! &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14128#post-73539 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:44:41 +0000 gymnastforeva 73539@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>since your starting 2 study now...i advise you not 2 narrow it down i marrowed it down 2 3 this year and none of them came up...so i pretty much wrote a page on kavanagh that i made up!!do about 5 poets...relax...you have loads of time to learn them well...good luck!! </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14128#post-73524 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:47:24 +0000 xxblondielocksxx 73524@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>Oooh.. Well you're only meant to do 5 anyway..Your teacher will go through them, if you know what each poem is about and know a few quotes to back it up, and a few broad sentences on the poets pieces then you can talk your way around any question! Don't rely on just the one, we all saw what can happen when you do that! Sure Longley was one to watch this year after he was meant to be on the paper last year but then he didn't appear on the contingency paper and this is the last year he's on the course.. Alot of people in my year last year were banking on him.. And this year too.. I think we can all lean a lesson from that! </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14128#post-73514 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:05:44 +0000 almostAllHonours 73514@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>i'm not actually studying yet, i'd prefer to enjoy the summer! &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_wink.gif&quot; title=&quot;:wink:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; I'm just curious because i know that a lot of people were banking on Boland and then she didnt come up. What other 2 do you think i should study? Like i said our teacher is not doing 2 of them? </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14128#post-73513 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:56:40 +0000 keithmcconnon 73513@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>When you're serious about starting to study this early on, you shouldn't feel you have to narrow your choices down to 3...<br /> And anything can come up, as seen yesterday when we all hoped for Boland.. Do 5 &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14128#post-73512 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:54:15 +0000 almostAllHonours 73512@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>Okay guys so the Prescribed poets for 2011 course are Eavan Boland, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, G.M Hopkins, Patrick Kavanagh, Adrienne Rich, William Wordsworth and W.B Yeats.<br /> My teacher has decided we are definitely not doing G.M Hopkins and William Wordsworth. After yesterday's paper 2, Kavanagh,Rich and Yeats came up. So that leaves Frost, Dickinson and Boland. Would I be safe to just study these 3 for next year? or is it possible that a poet could come up twice in a row?<br /> Thanks in advance for any replies! &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14070/page/2#post-73491 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:24:33 +0000 TylerJones 73491@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>well i was right &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/bb-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; rich did come up </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14087#post-73333 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:01:40 +0000 RobinGuiton 73333@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>Thanks alot lads!<br /> I'ma go with sonygirl on this one.<br /> Thanks for everything.<br /> Good luck tomorrow to all of you!<br /> Let me know how it goes for you all!<br /> Rob </p> http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/topic/14087#post-73330 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:57:32 +0000 oinclark 73330@http://www.allhonours.ie/answers/ <p>i've always done at least 5 pages for evrything. its wat our teacher made us do.<br /> i just hope i hav time in the exam for that..not much of a fast writer </p>