Prayer for the Children of Longing (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Who commissioned the poem?
Who commissioned the poem?
Dublin's north inner city community
Poem's commemorative purpose
Poem's commemorative purpose
Christmas tree lighting memorial for drug addiction victims
Publication year & collection
Publication year & collection
2009, 'Painting Rain'
Primary theme of poem
Primary theme of poem
Suffering of young drug users in Dublin's inner city
Poetic form used
Poetic form used
Free verse with uneven rhyming structure
Central symbol
Central symbol
Christmas tree (hope & light)
Define anaphora
Define anaphora
Repetition of words at start of successive lines
Anaphora examples in poem
Anaphora examples in poem
'Here at the heart,' 'Grant us,' 'The streets,' 'Let their names'
What's personified?
What's personified?
Streets (as agents that defeated/sheltered)
Key repeated phrase for victims
Key repeated phrase for victims
'children of longing'
Paula Meehan's honour
Paula Meehan's honour
Inducted into Hennessy Hall of Fame
Meehan's role from 2013
Meehan's role from 2013
Ireland Professor of Poetry