Eavan Boland Flashcards

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The Famine Road

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‘Roads to force/ From no where going no where of course’
‘You never will, you never know’
‘no more but snow attends’

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Child of our time

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‘from your unreasoned end’
‘the names of animals you took to bed’
‘out times have taken you away from your cradle’

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War horse

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‘our short street’ ‘our house’ ‘our laurel hedge’
‘the rocks of our house, expendable’
‘why should we care if a rose, a hedge, a crocus are uprooted’

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This Moment

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‘Black Tree’
‘Window is yellow as butter’

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The Pomegranate

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‘the rain is cold. The road is flint coloured’
‘when she came running I was ready/ to make any bargain to keep her’
‘will diminish the gift’

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Love

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‘I am your wife/ it was years ago/ we love each other still’
‘we speak plainly’
‘will we ever live so intensely again’

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