Tate’s Avenue (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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What do the three rugs in 'Tate's Avenue' represent through extended metaphor?
What do the three rugs in 'Tate's Avenue' represent through extended metaphor?
Three romantic relationships
How many quatrains does 'Tate's Avenue' contain?
How many quatrains does 'Tate's Avenue' contain?
Four
What type of rhyme scheme does Heaney use in this poem?
What type of rhyme scheme does Heaney use in this poem?
Partial rhyming (half/slant rhyme)
What does 'vestal folds' in stanza one suggest about the first relationship?
What does 'vestal folds' in stanza one suggest about the first relationship?
Purity and chastity
What poetic technique is used when thoughts flow across line breaks without stopping?
What poetic technique is used when thoughts flow across line breaks without stopping?
Enjambment
Where was the second rug (messy with food) located beside?
Where was the second rug (messy with food) located beside?
The Guadalquivir river in Spain
What does 'corrida' mean in the context of stanza two?
What does 'corrida' mean in the context of stanza two?
Bullfight
Which word begins stanza three, signalling a shift to the main relationship?
Which word begins stanza three, signalling a shift to the main relationship?
Instead
What is the setting for the third relationship described in stanza three?
What is the setting for the third relationship described in stanza three?
Locked-park Sunday Belfast
What does the final line 'I had your measure and you had mine' suggest?
What does the final line 'I had your measure and you had mine' suggest?
Perfect compatibility and mutual understanding
What tone does Heaney maintain throughout 'Tate's Avenue'?
What tone does Heaney maintain throughout 'Tate's Avenue'?
Playful yet conspiratorial
What does the rug 'not giving to the ground' in stanza three indicate?
What does the rug 'not giving to the ground' in stanza three indicate?
Stability and firmness of the relationship