Death of a Field (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Genre of 'Death of a Field'
Genre of 'Death of a Field'
Environmental elegy
Poetic form of 'Death of a Field'
Poetic form of 'Death of a Field'
Free-verse poem
Opening technique (single-line stanza)
Opening technique (single-line stanza)
Monostich
What 'field' becomes to show bureaucratic language
What 'field' becomes to show bureaucratic language
'Site' - strips away emotional significance
Technique giving emotions to plants
Technique giving emotions to plants
Personification
Animism in poem means
Animism in poem means
Giving life and consciousness to natural elements
Poetry giving voice to environmental concerns
Poetry giving voice to environmental concerns
Ecopoetry
Repetition at start of successive lines
Repetition at start of successive lines
Anaphora
Natural plants replaced by what in anaphoric section
Natural plants replaced by what in anaphoric section
Commercial cleaning brands
Why speaker walks barefoot under moon
Why speaker walks barefoot under moon
For intimate physical/spiritual connection with field
'Moon white caul' imagery suggests
'Moon white caul' imagery suggests
Birth imagery/mother-child bond
Paula Meehan's birth year
Paula Meehan's birth year
1955
What 'Death of a Field' mourns
What 'Death of a Field' mourns
Loss of natural landscapes to urban development