Boland: Child Of Our Time Flashcards
What event discussed in the poem contrasts starkly with ‘this moment’?
Personal motivations responding to Dublin bombings 1974.
What literary device is used with ‘tune’ and ‘final cry’?
Juxtaposition.
What is juxtaposed with ‘unreasoned end’?
Reason.
What type of pronoun is used to indicate collective responsibility?
Collective pronoun ‘we who should have known how to instruct’.
What phrase reflects on personal experiences?
Names for the animals you took to bed.
What themes are emphasized through contrast, repetition, and alliteration?
Tragedy, innocence, vulnerability, responsibility, hope
What imagery is described as heart-wrenching?
Child of our time, our times have robbed your cradle/sleep in a world your final sleep has woken.
What does the phrase ‘And living, learn we must learn from you dead’ suggest?
Reflection and learning.
What concepts are highlighted through the themes of childhood?
Innocence, vulnerability, urgent need for societal change.
What overarching themes are present in the text?
Injustice, responsibility, hope.
4 quotes
“we who should have known how to instruct”
“Names for the animals you took to bed”
“And living, learn we must learn from you dead”
“Child of our time, our times have robbed your cradle/ sleep in a world your final sleep has woken”
