Genetics (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards

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Central metaphor in 'Genetics'

Hands representing inherited traits and family connection

Main theme of 'Genetics'

How we carry parents physically & emotionally throughout life

Poetic form used in 'Genetics'

Modified villanelle

Structure: tercets and quatrains in 'Genetics'

Five tercets and one quatrain

Opening line of 'Genetics'

My father's in my fingers, but my mother's in my palms

Speaker's emotion about inherited traits

Pleasure, not distress or concern

Meaning of 'repelled' in stanza two

Strong forces pushing parents apart

Current relationship between speaker's parents

Friends only

Purpose of hand game imagery

Shows childlike hope to restore family unity

What 'skin's demands' refers to

Physical and emotional needs for connection

Visual parallelism effect in 'Genetics'

Reflects equal inheritance from both parents

Anaphora function in 'Genetics'

Emphasises key concepts like separation

Sinéad Morrissey's birthplace

Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Award won by Morrissey's 'Parallax'

TS Eliot Prize

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