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paula meehan
paula meehan Buying Winkles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| give me the backgroundof buywinkles | peronal poem seen through the eyes of a child in inner dublin in the 1960s. |
| what main topics does this poem buy winkles talk about | social justice,gender division and tenement |
| (id see light in golden mirrors) | here she displays the men sitting near eachother and having fun as a symbol of wealth or a luxury women didnt have,WHich storngly reinforces her point across about gender inequality. (sensous imagery) |
| themes | childhood memory,gender inequality,childhood innocence |
| id wave up to the women at sills or those lingering in doorways | Presents a dark image of women staying at home and some deemed to prostitution due to poverty in contrast to mens lifestyle. |
| Proudly home like torches | shes is overly vontent aas though she brought home the winkles as if they were like olympic torches |