Past Questions on Kavanagh

Past Questions on Kavanagh

Past Questions on Kavanagh

2010

In your opinion, is Kavanagh successful in achieving his desire to transform the ordinary world into something extraordinary?

Support your answer with suitable reference to the poems on your course.

2004
Imagine you were asked to select one or more of Patrick Kavanagh’s poems from your course for inclusion in a short anthology entitled, “The Essential Kavanagh”.

Give reasons for your choice, quoting from or referring to the poem or poems you have chosen.

Past Questions on Frost

2007
Write an introduction to the poetry of Robert Frost using the above title.

Your introduction should address his themes and the impact of his poetry on you as a reader. Support your points with reference to the poems you have studied.

2003
“We enjoy poetry for its ideas and for its language.”

Using the above statement as your title, write an essay on the poetry of Robert Frost. Support your points by reference to the poetry by Robert Frost on your Course

Past Questions on Boland

2005
“The appeal of Eavan Boland’s poetry.”

Using the above title, write an essay outlining what you consider to be the appeal of Boland’s poetry. Support your points by reference to the poetry of Eavan Boland on your course.

2002
Write a personal response to the poetry of Eavan Boland.

Support the points you make by reference to the poetry of Boland that you have studied.

Past Questions on Dickinson

2005
What impact did the poetry of Emily Dickinson make on you as a reader?

Your answer should deal with the following:

- Your overall sense of the personality of the poet

- The poet’s use of language/imagery

Refer to the poems by Emily Dickinson that you have studied.

Past Questions on Yeats

2010

“Yeats's poetry is driven by a tension between the real world in which he lives and

an ideal world that he imagines.”

Write a response to the poetry of W.B. Yeats in the light of this statement, supporting your points with suitable reference to the poems on your course.

2005
Write an article for a school magazine introducing the poetry of W.B. Yeats to Leaving Certificate students. Tell them what he wrote about and explain what you liked in his writing, suggesting some poems that you think they would enjoy reading. Support your points by reference to the poetry by W.B. Yeats that you have studied.