POEM Mise Èire - EAVAN BOLAND Flashcards
1
Q
Repetition throughout showing different woman sharing universal identity of suffering but different kinds.
Both forced into actions they don’t want to do for survival
Both vulnerable
A
‘I am the woman a sloven’s mix of silk at the wrists’= prostitution
‘I am the woman in the gansy-coat’ = immigrant.
2
Q
Context = IRISH HISTORY AND HERITAGE.
RETORT AT PATRICK PEARS WHO SAID INDEPENDENCE NOT FOUGHT FOR SUFFICIENTLY
HAS CAUSED OPPRESSION OF WOMEN
A
‘the small farm, the scalded memory, the songs, that bandage up the history’
‘My roots are brutal’
3
Q
Isolated opening sentence showing physical isolation (migration/mentally) and creates a cyclical structure with the ending
A
‘I won’t go back to it.’
End: ‘is a king of scar and heals after a while’
