Géibheann- Key phrases
1.
Caitlín
Maude was born in Connemara in 1941.
2.
She
was a qualified teacher.
3.
She
became famous due to her singing, acting and as a language activist.
4.
Caitlín
Maude suffered from cancer and this poem describes her battle fighting the
disease.
5.
This
is an allegorical poem.
6.
There
is a major contrast between captivity and oppression.
7.
It’s
clear that the poet uses the lion to express her own feelings.
8.
The
poet uses the image of the lion to show us the contrast between captivity and
oppression.
9.
There
is a lot of alliteration in this poem and this makes the poem more musical.
10.
The
poet uses simple language.
11.
The
poet uses free verse.
12.
There
is no punctuation in the poem.
13.
All in
all the metre of the poem works well with the theme as it shows the frustration
of the poet.
Colscaradh- key phrases
1.
Pádraig
Mac Suibhne was born in the year 1942.
2.
He was a
teacher and a principal.
3.
He has a
huge interest in drama and poetry.
4.
The theme
in this poem is the conflict that can happen between married couples.
5.
The man
has different desires to the woman in this poem.
6.
The man
wants a simple life with his wife at home minding the children.
7.
The woman
wants a life of luxury and to be independent.
8.
It’s clear
they want different things.
9.
Repetition
of the word ‘Shaintaigh’ is used to show the greed between the couple.
10.
We cannot
ignore the fact that we see ‘saint’ in the word ‘shaintaigh’
An tEarrach thiar- Key phrases
1.
Máirtín Ó
Díreáin was born in the aran Islands in the year 1910.
2.
He spent
most of his life in the civil service in Dublin.
3.
He didn’t
like city life.
4.
He always
wanted to return to the aran Islands and this can be seen in the poem.
5.
He died in
the year 1988.
6.
The theme
in this poem is the love of your native place.
7.
Through
imagery in the poem, we see the simple quiet life of the Island.
8.
Colours
are used and we hear of the bright red seaweed that was available on the
Island.
9.
We see
many images of people on the Island living their everyday lives and we see the
love that the author has for his home place.
10.
Free verse
can be seen in this poem.
11.
There are
two stresses in each line.
12.
There is a
slow speed to this poem and this emphasizes the atmosphere of this poem and the
lack of pressure.
Mo ghrá-sa- key sentences
1.
Nuala Ní
Dhomhnaill was born in England in the year 1952.
2.
She went
to college in university college Cork and got her degree in teaching.
3.
She has
won many prizes for her poetry.
4.
The theme
of this poem is the love the poet has for her partner.
5.
This is an
anti-love poem.
6.
This is a
satire where the poet mocks her partner.
7.
This poem
is realistic to what love can really be like.
8.
The poet
emphasizes that a good personality is far more important to her than looks.
9.
The poet
is very insulting to her partner.
10.
In the
older love poems the poets would exaggerate about the beauty of the woman but
the poet mocks this and does the complete opposite.
11.
The
brackets show that the poet is unsure of her feelings for her partner.
12.
The apples
represent the necessities of life.
13.
The
blackberries stand for the materialistic things in life.
14.
We see
many images of nature in this poem.
15.
Exaggeration
is used to describe the appearance of her partner.
16.
Free verse
is used.
17.
Simple
language is used.
An Spailpín fánach- key phrases
1.
The theme
in this poem is the harsh life that the Irish had while the English were in
power.
2.
Ordinary
people were suffering under the penal laws.
3.
The author
explains his hard life and how he had to get up early to get work.
4.
When he
wanted work he had to go to the market to wait to be hired.
5.
He is
embarrassed to go to the market.
6.
The
noblemen showed him no respect.
7.
There is a
sharp contrast between the life the author once had and the life he has now.
8.
It’s clear
that the Author has a miserable life.
9.
There are
eight lines in every verse.
10.
Some
sounds sound the same e.g ráithe + sráide.
