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1
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How many dimensions in this poem?

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how would you describe the dimensions in this poem?

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two distinct dimensions

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what are the two dimensions in this poem?

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  1. the damage a wandering horse does to the gardens of suburban houses
  2. a commentary upon the attitudes of people in the south to the troubles in the north
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what is the real component of the poem?

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the horse, trampling through the gardens of suburban houses

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what is the symbolic component of the poem?

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represents the unpredictable violence of the northern conflict

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regarding the two components of the poem , what two types of poem is this

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both a dramatic lyric and a political poem

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the poem makes important points about… (2)

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the poem makes important points about morality and commitments

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the form or structure tends towards the…

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the form or structure tends towards the mechanical

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the poem is written in..

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the poem is written in couplets that are stanzas

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it sometimes appears ____ and ______ in its descriptions

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it sometimes appears constrained and self-conscious in its descriptions

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what comparison is heavy handed in the poem?

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sometimes the comparison between the actions of the horse and the situation in the north is heavy handed

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12
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Boland makes overuse of…

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Boland makes overuse of simile

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the comparisons in the poem are…

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the comparisons in the poem are rather blunt

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what do the rather blunt comparisons do to the poem?

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the rather blunt comparisons tend to diminish the theme to the level of message or moral

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the opening line of the poem is… (2)

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the opening line of the poem is dramatic and abrupt

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language in the opening lines

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the language is colloquial

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the style in the opening line

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the style is anecdotal

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what causes dramatic immediacy in the opening lines

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the use of the present tense causes dramatic immediacy

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what does the use of the present tense in the opening lines do?

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the use of the present tense causes dramatic immediacy

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in the opening lines the imagery is…

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the imagery is wonderfully sensual

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what technique is used to create vivid imagery?

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boland uses onomatopoeia

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an example of onomatopoeia in the opening lines

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clip clop

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what does the use of the onomatopoeia clip clop in the opening lines do?

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evokes the sound of the horse’s hooves

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what does the word ‘casual’ and the description of the earth ‘innocent coinage’ suggest?

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they suggest the thoughtless and senseless actions of the horse

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what two quotes suggests the thoughtless and senseless actions of the horse

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  1. use of the word ‘casual’

2. the description of the earth- ‘innocent coinage’

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what does the rhythm of the 5th and 6th lines do?

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the rhythm of the 5th and 6th lines brilliantly evokes the movement of the horse

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27
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example of internal rhyme

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hock/fetlock

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example of end-line rhyme

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(feather/tether)

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alliterative sound

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f

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what contributes to the conveying the movement of the horse in the opening lines (4)

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internal rhyme, end line rhyme, alliterative sounds and run-on line

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what does internal rhyme, end-line rhyme, alliterative sound and and run-on line convey

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the movement of the horse

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32
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what suggests the freedom of the horse between stanzas 3-4

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a run-on line

33
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what sounds shift in line 7

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shift from broad vowel sounds to clipped sounds in line 7

34
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3 examples from broad vowel sounds

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ambling, loosed, daily

35
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what do the hard consonant sounds suggest in the opening lines

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the hard consonant sounds suggest strength and threat that the horse represents

36
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where is there an example of sibilance

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in line 8

37
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what does the sibilance in line 8 suggest

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how close the horse is and the threat of his intrusion

38
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what type of image does the sibilance in line 8 represents (2)

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a wonderful aural image

39
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rhythm in line 9

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an abrupt rhythm

40
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what disrupts the flow in line 9 ?

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the full stops

41
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what do the full stops do in line 9?

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it disrupts the flow

42
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what personal aspect of the poet is reflected by the disrupted flow

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the poet’s anxiety and relief

43
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language in line 9

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language is simple

44
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image in line 9

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image is one of relief

45
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what does Boland do in lines 10-20

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she moves beyond the local event in the suburb to history

46
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what does the language in lines 10-20 acquire?

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it acquires a symbolic and political dimension

47
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what does the tone become in lines 10-20? (2)

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the tone becomes ironic and accusatory

48
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in lines 10-20, what does the imagery revolve around

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the images revolve around the figures of speech

49
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what do the figures of speech that the images revolve around do?

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they draw comparisons between the destruction of wrought by the horse and that of war

50
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3 examples of the word only used

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only a leaf
only a rose
only a crocus

51
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the word only is used…

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the word only is used ironically

52
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the reality of the leaf, the rose and the crocus

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the reality is that they are lost and this justification is banal and immoral because it seeks to excuse apathy and indifference

53
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the poems language in lines 10-20 is _____ _______ in its use of _______

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the poems language is deliberately political in its use of war imagery

54
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what does Boland link the damaged flowers to?

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she links the damaged flowers to bodies mutilated and killed in war

55
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what type of language does the language assume in lines 10-20

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the language assumes a distinctly violent dimension

56
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3 examples of violent language in lines 10-20

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a maimed limb
screamless dead
like corpse

57
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what do the comparisons lack in lines 10-20

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the comparisons lack subtle nuances of metaphor

58
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why do the comparisons lack the subtle nuances of metaphor ?

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because they are emphasised in rather too obvious similes

59
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what is the intention of the obvious similes

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the intention is to criticise disaffection

60
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what does the poem focus on in lines 10-20 (2)

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  1. the poem focuses on an implicit conflict between the settled and travelling communities
  2. and the attitudes of people in the south to people in the north
61
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example of poet conveying the attitudes of people in the south to people in the north

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But we, we are safe, our unformed fear

Of fierce commitment gone; why should we care

62
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WHAT DO THESE LINES DO
But we, we are safe, our unformed fear
Of fierce commitment gone; why should we care

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these lines question the smug selfishness of people who distance themselves from atrocities they hear about, preferring to refer to them as ‘remote’

63
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what do lines 21-24 convey?

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they convey the awkwardness and the unknowing movement of the horse

64
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the word stumble is used twice, what does this do?

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it emphasises the clumsy actions of the horse, unconscious of the damaged caused, oblivious to it

65
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what is the real image of in lines 21-24?

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the real image is one of moral cowardice, a kind of selfish disregard displayed by neighbours who don’t wish to get involved, who need to remain at a distance, and who hide in the houses using ‘the subterfuge’/’of curtains’

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what does boland reference when she says ‘the subterfuge’/’of curtains’

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the attitudes of those in the south to the problems of the north

67
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what do the people in the south do

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they are at a remove and remain deliberately unmoved by the troubles

68
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how does boland describe the inaction of the people in the republic

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such inaction, such such neglect and disregard are portrayed as moral cowardice, and as a kind of smugness

69
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when does the poet admit her own relief

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she admits her own relief when the horse moves on from her own vicinity

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how are the tension and relief wonderfully evoked

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they are wonderfully evoked in the rhythms of the short punctuated lines ; thankfully passing us, i pause, wait

71
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what is the most powerful section of the poem?

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lines 25-30

72
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what is the language in lines 25-30

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based on metaphor, not on simile

73
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what do the images combine in the final lines?

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the images manage to to combine worlds history and the present, as well as focusing on the central motif of the horse

74
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quote in the final lines that conveys the damage done by the horse

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‘that rose he smashed’/’ribboned across our hedge’

75
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what does the damage done by the horse remind her of?

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it reminds her of the injustices endured by the iris throughout history

76
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what image is conveyed in the line

‘of burned countryside’

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an image of the terrors of english colonialism

77
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what image is conveyed by the line

‘a cause ruined before, a world betrayed’

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in these lines the poet presents and image of irish history with its violence and disappointments

78
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3 components of the powerful climax of the poem in the final lines of the poem

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the damage done by the horse, the spectre of the north and the patterns of irish history

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