leaving cert english -

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Paul Durcan - Parents
Sea metaphor quotes,
What is the sea a symbol of,
Why is the child under the sea
7  cards
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - Deaths and Engines
Exploration of what elements of d...,
Dramatic middle of action registe...,
Sounds of echo silence and sombre
12  cards
Emily Dickinson - A Bird Came Down the Walk
She s able to observe the bird s ...,
The bird is very aware of it s wo...,
She notices the bird s inherent a...
6  cards
Eavan Boland - The Pomegranate
The myth ceres mother and perseph...,
Different aspects of the story ca...,
Sees herself at persephone
11  cards
Paul Durcan - Father's Day, 21 June 1992
Axe is symbolic for,
Their priorities any way of under...,
Metaphor he compares the axe to a...
10  cards
Adrienne Rich - Our Whole Life
Language is created by male domin...,
Misinformation propaganda alterna...,
A letter sent but gone misisnh a ...
5  cards
Adrienne Rich - Living In Sin
What does living in sin mean,
Naive she had imagined an ideal l...,
Alliteration a perfect domestic s...
9  cards
Adrienne Rich - Power
Tragic irony that something she w...,
Painful symptoms of radiation exp...,
Stubborn curie wanted to deny tha...
3  cards
Adrienne Rich - The Uncle Speaks in the Drawing Room
Condescending term dismissive dis...,
Alliteration repetition of sullen...,
Hostile behaviour intimidating th...
11  cards
Adrienne Rich - Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
A powerful dynamic verb shows the...,
Rich gives a detailed description...,
We can tell i m embroidery is aun...
8  cards
1984
Constant state of war and bomb ex...,
Poor living conditions buildings ...,
Where does winston live name of t...
47  cards
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - Translation
Pun metaphor frayed garments laun...,
White light hope blinded did soci...,
Relief statue of virgin mary who ...
11  cards
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - Fireman's Lift
Like the bend in the road second ...,
Spierling vortx like they were co...,
The verb s show the physical exer...
7  cards
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - To Niall Woods and Xenya Ostrovskaia married in Dublin on 9 September 2009
What type of poem is it,
Fate draws them together they ll ...,
The story of a full loaf and a cu...
9  cards
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - On Lacking The Killer Instinct
What did she do when her father w...,
Alliteration comedic pathetic ima...,
Plain language simple prosaic sto...
9  cards
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - The Bend In The Road
Adjectives describing poem,
The language creates a tranquil a...,
Simple simile zoomorphism alliter...
10  cards
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin - Street
Immediately a woman living in a m...,
White trousers innocence and puri...,
The darker side of attraction he ...
6  cards
Brooklyn
Nettles kelly implies that their ...,
Rose has been a generous sister b...,
When a less well off customer com...
39  cards
Eavan Boland - Outside History
Stars are a symbol of timelessnes...,
The light of these starts occurred,
They stars women remote in distan...
10  cards
The Playboy Of The Western World
Stage directions describe shebeen as,
Shawn is scared a father riley,
Marriage is an important institution
43  cards
Hamlet
Where does the play take place,
How do we feel when the ghost enters,
Quote horatio is a scholar he s c...
116  cards
Emily Dickinson - ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers -
How is hope portrayed in the poem,
Introduction to the metaphor of a...,
An elegant line that says the bir...
8  cards
Eavan Boland - The Famine Road
What is a famine road,
Thw two types of history in the poem,
Government classes being typicall...
15  cards
Eavan Boland - War Horse
Collection it s from,
What does neighbours hiding suggest,
Appearing normal and ordinary ono...
15  cards
Eavan Boland - Love
Imagery dusk time of change chang...,
Physical belongings in their home,
Love was light strong and lifted ...
14  cards
Eavan Boland - This Moment
Fragment sentences set the scene ...,
Dramatic ominous intriguing what ...,
Plants growing assonance creates ...
8  cards
Eavan Boland - Child Of Our Time
Poem written in response to,
Lullaby to send child to final sl...,
Rhythm from the discord of your m...
12  cards
Emily Dickinson - I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
What is the poem about,
Different layers of the experienc...,
Quote a sense of panic and fear c...
13  cards
Emily Dickinson - I heard a Fly buzz - when I died
Quote simile the tension in air b...,
Quote the mourners had done their...,
Quote god will be present at the ...
11  cards
Emily Dickinson - The Soul has Bandaged moments -
What is the poet about,
The poem is broken into 3 parts t...,
Quote the soul is damaged the hur...
10  cards
Emily Dickinson - I taste a liquor never brewed -
What is the poem about,
Tone of poem,
Quote hyperbole nothing compares ...
10  cards
Paul Durcan - Sport
Durcan s relationship with father...,
Name a phrase that is being repeated,
Examples of some puns
9  cards
Paul Durcan - Wife Who Smashed Televison Gets Jail
How does the poem read,
A quote for peacefully watching tv,
Peaceably watching kojak when she...
13  cards
Paul Durcan - The Difficulty that is Marraige
Who is the poem a message to,
Quote showing ups and downs of th...,
We disagree to disagree quote tal...
9  cards
Paul Durcan- Six Nuns Die In A Convent Inferno
Type of narrative,
Upon seeing the punks the nun says,
Why does she call herself the ord...
18  cards
Paul Durcan - Nessa
Who is poem about,
Poetic techniques in the poem,
Where did they meet
12  cards

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