The War Horse ...............................................................................4 Child of Our Time ...........................................................................9 The Famine Road ......................................................................... 13 The Black Lace Fan My Mother Gave Me ..................................... 19 The Shadow Doll ..........................................................................23 White Hawthorn in the West of Ireland .......................................28 Outside History ............................................................................32 This Moment ................................................................................36 Love ............................................................................................ 40 The Pomegranate ........................................................................44 An Overview of the Themes in Eavan Boland’s Poetry ............... 50 Important Features of Eavan Boland’s Language and Style ........55 Writing About Eavan Boland ........................................................62
Emily
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Approaching Emily Dickinson’s Poetry...............................................68 ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers .........................................................71 There’s a certain Slant of light ........................................................... 74 I felt a Funeral, in my Brain ................................................................ 78 A Bird came down the Walk ................................................................82 I heard a Fly buzz – when I died .........................................................86 The Soul has Bandaged moments .......................................................90 I could bring You Jewels – had I a mind to .........................................94 A narrow Fellow in the Grass..............................................................98 I taste a liquor never brewed ............................................................ 102 After great pain, a formal feeling comes .......................................... 106 An Overview of the Themes in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry ................... 109 Important Features of Emily Dickinson’s Language and Style ..........114 Writing About Emily Dickinson ..........................................................122