A Christmas Childhood (1940/43) Rhyme & Form: Two Parts. First Part: ABAB CDCD. Memory Poem. Tone: Emotional, Awestruck Imagery: Rural Life, Spiritual, Music Themes: Ordinary vs Extraordinary, Childhood Sense of Wonder, Beauty in Nature, Creative Vision (The Poet), Poetic Techniques: Onomatopoeia, Personification, Alliteration, Assonance Kavanagh is looking back on rural life but for once he [...]
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24 Mar
A Christmas Childhood – Patrick Kavanagh
I One side of the potato-pits was white with frost— How wonderful that was, how wonderful! And when we put our ears to the paling-post The music that came out was magical. The light between the ricks of hay and straw Was a hole in Heaven’s gable. An apple tree With its December-glinting fruit we [...]
Damien Gallagher
