yeates september 1913

Question 1

no one is willing to die for a higher cuase anymore

Answer 1

‘romantic ireland is dead and gone’ ‘its with O’leary in the grave’

Question 2

Classic Irish heroes and greates

Answer 2

Wolfe Tone, Edward Fitgerald, John O’leary

Question 3

An inuslar, sanctiomouns, merchant class

Answer 3

‘add the half-pense to the pense’

Question 4

craven parismounous and clusmy nature of the merahcnt class

Answer 4

‘fumble in a greasy till’

Question 5

the reuslt of bravery is materialsitc, penny-pinchiing merehcnt class

Answer 5

‘all that delirium of the brave’

Question 6

people have beome to busy… to be heroic, and brave

Answer 6

‘prayer, and thanks, and money’

Question 7

sarcasm

Answer 7

‘for men were born to pray and save’

Question 8

adpet use of adjectives

Answer 8

‘fumble’ ‘greasy’

Question 9

contrast of the merchant class and the heros of the past

Answer 9

the merchants with ‘the names that stilled your childish play’

Question 10

merchant class has scuked ireland dry

Answer 10

‘dried the marrow from the bone’