This Moment 1994 Rhyme & Form: Free Verse Tone: Female point of view, Tender Imagery: Nature, Cosmos Themes: Life as a Woman, Relationships, Motherhood, Moment in Time Poetic Techniques: Repetition, Alliteration, Assonance, Sibilance1 Boland writes here about a specific ‘Moment’ – a brief history in life. Boland is the onlooker and studies the scene carefully [...]
Archive for June 8th, 2010
8 Jun
The Shadow Doll – Eavan Boland
The Shadow Doll 1990 Rhyme & Form: 3-line Stanza Tone: Contemplative, Anxious, Uncertain Imagery: World of Women, Past Traditions, The Locked Case Themes: Marriage, Time and Memory, Entrapment and Silence Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Repetition A Shadow Doll was sent to a bride-to-be in Victorian times by a dressmaker – it was a porcelain doll under [...]
8 Jun
The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me – Eavan Boland
The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me 1990 Rhyme & Form: End-Rhyme in the final stanza Tone: Factual, Remembering Imagery: Paris Themes: Relationship between genders, Suffering, Time and Memory Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Repetition The title of this poem is important – it refers to an object or a gift but also to a relationship [...]
8 Jun
Outside History – Eavan Boland
Outside History 1990 Rhyme & Form: 3-line Stanza, Free Verse Tone: Ponderous, Decisive, Regretful Imagery: World of Women, Irish History Themes: Entrapment and Silence Poetic Techniques: Repetition The phrase ‘outside history’ is often associated with Eavan Boland believed that women were kept outside the history books and that in fact they were the reason for [...]
8 Jun
Comparative – Vision & Viewpoint: Lies of Silence/Dancing at Lughnasa/Il Postino
General Vision and Viewpoint Lies of Silence, Dancing at Lughnasa & Il Postino The general vision or viewpoint relates to the authors or directors outlook on life. This outlook affects our own perspective on the text and the world of the text. The author shows us his own outlook through the plot, characters, relationships, the [...]
Damien Gallagher
