The extensive examination of a text evidently reveals language is a powerful tool for creating meaning thus, texts may invigorate others to interpret meaning differently. Through skilful scrutiny, Tynan challenges her society’s values and beliefs in ‘flowers of youth’, ‘Spinster’s Lament’ and ‘She Asks for New Earth’ through the utilisation of compelling poetic devices. Katharine Tynan is an Irish writer, who lived in the late Victorian era. In her lifetime she composed ‘Spinster’s Lament’ and ‘Flowers of Youth’ to question her society about the community’s expectations of women’s role in her era. In ‘Flowers of Youth’ and ‘She Asks for New Earth” consistently focuses on the interrelation of the thematic concerns of deep religious devotion
