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Eng 6th Pat kavanagh

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5 Patrick Kavangh poems 1. Inniskeen Road; July Evening. 2. Shancoduff. 3. A Christmas Childhood. 4. On Raglan Road. 5. The Hospital
Inniskeen Road; July Evening : Theme The theme is profound isolation and the heavy burden of being an artistic outsider within a tight-knit community
Inniskeen Road; July Evening : Quote 1, meaning and poetic techniques Quote; ‘The bicycles go by in two’s and threes’. Meaning; The companionable image of the bicycles going by 'in twos and threes' suggests that people are heading somewhere in friendly groups. Poetic techniques; Alliteration
Inniskeen Road; July Evening : Quote 2, meaning and poetic techniques Quote; ‘Of being king and government and nation’. Meaning; As a farmer Kavanagh was his own boss, in charge of the ‘kingdom’ of his farm, it’s not easy being the boss and even harder being a poet in a place where there is no one to connect with. Poetic te
Shancoduff : Theme Nature & pride, explores the central themes of deep personal affection for unpromising land
Shancoduff : Quote 1, meaning and poetic techniques Quote 1: ‘Incurious as my black hills are happy’. Meaning; The repetition of 'my black hills' in line 4 emphasises the love the speaker has for this place, as does his affectionate personification of his hills when he imagines that they feel 'happy' looki
Shancoduff : Quote 2, meaning and poetic techniques Quote 2: ‘I hear and is my heart not badly shaken? Meaning: The speaker clearly loves this land. He communicates this sense of pride and ownership in the rhetorical question that concludes the poem. The image of the farmer's heart 'badly shaken' is powerf
A Christmas Childhood: Theme The theme is childhood innocence and wonder, and how a young child’s imagination can transform ordinary, rural life into something magical & sacred
A Christmas Childhood: Quote 1, meaning and poetic techniques Quote 1: ‘There were stars in the morning east and they danced to his music’. Meaning: To the child's delighted eyes, even the stars are dancing to the lively music. Poetic techniques: Personification
A Christmas Childhood: Quote 2, meaning and poetic techniques Quote 2: ‘And I had a prayer like a white rose pinned/on the Virgin Mary’s blouse’. Meaning: The simple descriptions in these lines are transformed by the beautiful simile. His innocence is likened to a prayer that is as pure as a white rose on the blouse
On Raglan Road: Theme The theme is unrequited love, painful regret, nostalgia and the vulnerability of the human heart
On Raglan Road: Quote 1, meaning and poetic techniques Quote 1: ‘The queen of hearts still making tarts and I not making hay’. Meaning ‘She is just going about her business as usual, unaware of the frustration the speaker feels, which he alludes to euphemistically when he laments 'and I not making hay'.’ Poet
On Raglan Road: Quote 2, meaning and poetic techniques Quote 2: ‘Dark hair like clouds over fields of May’. Meaning: Kavanagh seems perplexed that he could write a poem about a woman and include beautiful similes, such as comparing her hair to May clouds, and that she could still have the audacity to refuse t
The hospital: Theme The theme of the poem is the transformative power of love and attention, which turns ordinary, mundane things into sources of deep beauty and significance
The hospital: Quote 1, meaning and poetic techniques Quote 1: ‘The seat at the back of a shed that was a suntrap’. Meaning: Using sibilance, he draws our attention to a particularly special part of the hospital grounds. Imagine finding a spot where you could feel the sun on your face after weeks of being co
The hospital: Quote 2, meaning and poetic techniques Quote 2: ‘Nothing whatever is love by debarred’. Meaning: Love excludes nothing and nobody
Created by: Louie Masterson
 

 



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