Memo from the Benefits Department (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Rachel Loden's birth year
Rachel Loden's birth year
1948
Loden's mother's condition
Loden's mother's condition
Mental illness requiring hospital treatment
Loden's childhood experience
Loden's childhood experience
Spent periods in foster homes
President who influenced Loden's work
President who influenced Loden's work
Richard Nixon (1969-74)
Latin root of 'memo'
Latin root of 'memo'
Memorandum - 'it must be remembered'
Poem's genre/purpose
Poem's genre/purpose
Satirical criticism of bureaucracy
Biblical phrase used ironically
Biblical phrase used ironically
'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'
What 'extremities' means in poem
What 'extremities' means in poem
Formal medical term for hands and feet
'Severance' double meaning
'Severance' double meaning
Cutting off + redundancy pay
How death is represented
How death is represented
Black limousines, brief obit
'Schedule of Sorrows' refers to
'Schedule of Sorrows' refers to
Official list of illnesses and losses
'Lump sum' twisted into
'Lump sum' twisted into
Coal, gruel, soot/char - worthless lumps
Poem's tone
Poem's tone
Cold, official, cynical, darkly funny
Dehumanisation theme
Dehumanisation theme
People become definitions and forms, not individuals
Language as power theme
Language as power theme
Official words hide suffering, control who gets help