Eavan Boland

Symbolism is important because it allows a writer to be more creative and causes the audience to be more attentive to the story. A writer can use all kinds of symbolism, such as, colors, objects, or even a person to represent something. The American flag is a symbol of America, the thirteen stripes are the symbols for the thirteen colonies and the fifty stars are symbols for the fifty states. Symbols are everywhere. Symbolism can be defined as, “the use of symbols to represent ideas, or the…

In Response to One Art The poem that I have chosen for review is “One Art” (Strand and Boland, pg.11-12), written by Elizabeth Bishop. This particular poem focuses on the simplicity of loss. Specifically, on how easy it is to lose and then move on. Despite the unimportant losses presented in some of the items mentioned, I felt as though the core message of the poem was that it’s easy to lose those around you despite your caution, and eventually, one must learn to move on. A particular line in…

Activity 6(pp. 22-23): Part I) The author is trying to equal women 's rights with the men. This author believes that useful manpower is going to waste. The author argued that women in other countries like Israel are being drafted into their armies.The author also argued that even if women could not be used on the battlefield, they could be used in less physical jobs. Part II) I do not believe that a man 's abilities are more needed than a woman 's in the military. The military is…

the World of Poetry Eavan Boland is known for her poetry being controversial. The subjects of her poems, most notably “Anorexia” and “In His Own Image”, a poem about spousal abuse, were not wildly discussed at the time of their publication, and Boland believed that this wasn’t right. Most of her poems were brash in their own ways, no hidden meanings behind her words, and meant for discussion. “Mise Eire” also has an important role to play in these discussions; in it, Boland is pulling women…

Union. One of the themes that are presented in “The Purple Jar” is the nature of growing up. The narrator highlights the importance between a mother and daughter relationship, as the daughter is growing up to be a mature young adult. Moreover, in Eavan Boland’s “The Pomegranate,” the narrator also presents a mother and daughter relationship again focusing on the theme of growing up, but instead alluding to a Greek myth. The short story and the poem highlight the importance of a mother figure…

In Ovid’s Book 5, he represents the myth of Proserpina as follows. Proserpina is the daughter to Ceres the goddess of harvest. As Proserpina was picking flowers in the garden with her playmates, Dis spotted her and felt smitten. He picked her up and carried her away. The reason for abducting her was that his love for her was very hasty. The goddess was worried and terrified and this made her cry out for help from her mother Ceres. Dis rushed off using his chariot and took the girl to a…

Title; Anne Fogarty describes Paula Meehan as a poet who has taken up “a more impersonal and urgent role as an expressive commentator on, and visionary hierophant for, communal experience and social change and dislocation” (An Sionnach 213). Discuss, making detailed reference to Meehan’s poetry. The aim of this essay will be to investigate the theme of death and transformation in Paula Meehan’s decorative poetry collection. I will also shed light on Anne Fogarty’s controversial description of…