poetry revision sentences to translate

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.