An Overview of the Themes in Patrick Kavanagh’s Poetry
Poem Main Theme(s)
Inniskeen Road: July Evening Nature Society
Loneliness Poetry
Shancoduff The Great Hunger Advent A Christmas Childhood Epic On Raglan Road The Hospital Canal Bank Walk
Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal, Dublin
Nature Pride Loyalty
Loneliness Isolation Poverty
Redemption Innocence Nostalgia
Christmas Childhood innocence Nostalgia
Poetry Rural Ireland
Unrequited love Anger Loneliness
Love Redemption Vulnerability
Nature Redemption Love
Nature Redemption Love
Patrick Kavanagh explores many diverse themes in his poetry, but throughout his life he was preoccupied with nature and the land, dealing with the loneliness of being a poet in an environment where he had no one to share his passion with, and with his