Paul Muldoon (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Collection featuring 'The Loaf' (2002)
Collection featuring 'The Loaf' (2002)
Moy Sand and Gravel
What Muldoon connects in 'The Loaf'
What Muldoon connects in 'The Loaf'
Everyday moments to profound historical truths
Speaker's action triggering reflection
Speaker's action triggering reflection
Puts finger in wall hole to reach dimmer switch
Material reinforcing old wall
Material reinforcing old wall
Horsehair
Canal Irish labourers built
Canal Irish labourers built
Raritan to Delaware Canal (New Jersey)
Year of cholera outbreak killing workers
Year of cholera outbreak killing workers
1832
What grain in loaf was washed from
What grain in loaf was washed from
Horse dung
Theme: ordinary objects as...
Theme: ordinary objects as...
Windows into the past/deep history
Workers' situation re: profit
Workers' situation re: profit
Starving workers created profit, got nothing
Senses Muldoon uses to bridge past/present
Senses Muldoon uses to bridge past/present
All five senses
'Gain' dual meaning in poem
'Gain' dual meaning in poem
Fodder/pasture AND to search/forage for food
Poem's structure (stanzas)
Poem's structure (stanzas)
Five short stanzas (tercets) with refrains
Refrain rhythm style
Refrain rhythm style
Bouncy, nursery-rhyme-like
Tone of 'The Loaf'
Tone of 'The Loaf'
Calm, careful, and empathetic