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POETRY: PAULA MEEHAN - Coggle Diagram
POETRY: PAULA MEEHAN
'Some of Meehan's most compelling poems are rooted in community and a sense of place'. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view? Support your answer with reference to the poetry of Paula Meehan on your course.
INTRODUCTION
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Meehan creates captivating poetry that is clearly established in her Dublin working-class community. She also encourages her readers to look out at the wider world.
CONCLUSION
Meehan is a poet of the streets and people of working-class Dublin. She fearlessly confronts the city's tragedies and deprivations through forceful poetry. She also points her readers to a bigger stage featuring ecology, freedom and a universal perspective
TOPIC SENTENCES
- Exact details paint a bleak urban landscape but also hint at world beyond - child's curiosity beyond the limits of the depressing city (BW)
- Colloquialism, vivid visual and aural detail locate the poem in community and place, gesture transforms and transcends (MFPAAVOSF)
- Colloquial language and details create a local environment, mythological references widen to a universal perspective (HL) - struggle between men and women
- Rhetoric + Private memory, the reader is forced to consider uncontrolled housing development -- beauty of nature under threat of rampant materialism (DOAF)
'Paula Meehan uses evocative language to create poems that include both personal reflection and public commentary'. Discuss this view, supporting your answer with reference to both the themes and language found in the poetry : of Meehan on your course.
INTRODUCTION
Paula Meehan uses powerful poetic techniques when looking back on her life and the important people in it. She explores her personal relationships and childhood using captivating metaphorical language. Meehan doesn't shy away from criticising the problems within the society that she grew up in. This allows us to appreciate the hardships that Meehan experienced while growing up in Dublin when poverty and prejudice were key aspects of her early life.
CONCLUSION
It is evident from the discussion above that Paula Meehan is an extraordinary poet who captures her memories and personal relationships with minimal yet powerful poetic devices. She reflects on her life experiences and empathises with the people in her life. Meehan also calls out the problems within her community with ease. Her use of language jelps her understand and express her feelings of admiration, resentment and grief.
TOPIC SENTENCES
- In HL, Meehan reflects upon her life at home with the use of metaphors
- Meehan reflects on her strained relationship with her mother in TP using metaphorical language.
- Meehan illustrates her admiration for her father with riveting metaphors and vivid imagery in MFPAAVOSF
- In TSOTVAGS, Meehan condemns the conservative society that she grew up in. She personifies the state of the Virgin Mary to express her anger and highlight the hypocrisy within religion.
- Finally, Meehan personifies the streets of Dublin to criticise society's betrayal of the young community within PFTCOL.
'Meehan's distinctive poetic vision often gives voice and dignity to individuals who are marginalised or excluded'. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Develop your answer with reference to the poetry of Paula Meehan on your course.
INTRODUCTION
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Use of language - pessimistic, hateful, compassionate
CONCLUSION
Meehan's use of language (metaphor, word choice) gives justice to those who led unfortunate (P) lives
TOPIC SENTENCES
1: Within the PFTCOL, Meehan explores the impact of childhood trauma and -gives out- to the people/government/streets who let this happen
2: Within TSOTVAGS, Meehan gives the voice to the statue who resents society for letting a young girl die solely because of the taboo of teenage pregnancy and the hypocrisy of it
- In TEMIBAP, Meehan discusses her outrage towards her teacher who insulted the harsh labour of the common women. She stresses the impact of words and how derogatory such comments actually are.
- In TP, Meehan reflects on her relationship with her mother and realizes the impact that society has had on her. She sympathizes with her, understanding now that she rarely had any choice in the life she led.
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