Kindness (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Poet of 'Kindness'
Poet of 'Kindness'
Naomi Shihab Nye
Central message of 'Kindness'
Central message of 'Kindness'
True kindness is born out of adversity
Poetic form of 'Kindness'
Poetic form of 'Kindness'
Free verse
Number of stanzas in 'Kindness'
Number of stanzas in 'Kindness'
Three stanzas
Anaphora in 'Kindness'
Anaphora in 'Kindness'
'Before you' repeated at the start of each stanza
Simile for future dissolving
Simile for future dissolving
Like salt in a weakened broth
'Regions of kindness' represents
'Regions of kindness' represents
A desolate landscape requiring sacrifice to reach
Requirements to understand kindness
Requirements to understand kindness
Be selfless and release all desires
Indian in white poncho symbolizes
Indian in white poncho symbolizes
Unnatural death & society's indifference to suffering
Two deepest elements in human mind
Two deepest elements in human mind
Kindness and sorrow
Poetry collection containing 'Kindness'
Poetry collection containing 'Kindness'
Words Under Words: Selected Poems (1955)
'Thread of all sorrows' represents
'Thread of all sorrows' represents
Personal desire as root cause of suffering
What 'cloth' symbolizes in poem
What 'cloth' symbolizes in poem
Humanity collectively
Metre used in 'Kindness'
Metre used in 'Kindness'
Iambic metre with variations
'Tender gravity of kindness' is
'Tender gravity of kindness' is
Metaphor comparing kindness to concrete, tender things