Eavan Boland ( The Famine Road ) Flashcards
Comparison between a sad un purposeful life had during the famine and the in modern times an infertile woman
“Sick directionless , they worked fork and stick “
This aloof response to the death of innocent men and women dehumanises the Irish people Eavan boland portrays the dark time Ireland was in during the famine
“This Tuesday I saw bones out of my window”
Rhetorical question and a bold statement towards a woman
Depiction of patriarchy and marginalisation of the women of the modern times her infertile body has been compared to a famine road
“Barren , never to know the load of his child in you , what is your body now if not a famine road ?”
Reading the poem forces the reader to think about the
prejudices of men like the doctor who tells his patient to ‘……….’ , and who
is unwilling to treat the ‘’ of infertility.
“grow your garden, keep house”
“Mysteries”
Anger , outrage and pathos
“Blood their knuckles on rocks , suck April hailstones for water and for food “
Disease and death are so rampant that the Irish too have lost their empathy, one is described as ‘. ‘, he is abandoned even by his relatives who, in fear for their own lives will offer him no comfort as he dies.
“Typhoid Pariah “ “ death rattle “
