of Mahon’s poetry‚ I was struck by how important explorations of people and places were to him. His poetic style can be considered quite detached as he rarely divulges personal details or experiences. Instead‚ his poetry focuses on detailed portraits of memorable characters and insightful analyses of a wide variety of landscapes. “After the Titanic” is another of Mahon’s poems that paints a portrait of an unexpected figure. Here‚ Mahon adopts the persona of Bruce Ismay‚ President of the White Star
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‘’Mahon’s poetry offers us thought provoking insights and displays the mastery of language and style’’ The poetry of Derek Mahon is extremely thought provoking. As an only child‚ he observed and thought a lot about the people and events going on around him and this is reflected in his poetry. His keen eye for detail has earned him a significant reputation and he is widely regarded as one of the most talented poets of the twentieth century. He combines conversational narrative with intelligence
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The Poetry of Derek Mahon Derek Mahon is a poet of outstanding skill and exceptional ability. I enormously enjoy Mahon because of this. He takes on piles of different personnae as a poet. It is clear to see that people and places are a prevailing feature of his poems. The six of his poems I have studied for my Leaving Certificate are mainly based around a person or a place . Mahon writes about a broad array of themes in a variety of tones.In his poems his language is used sparingly but effectively
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I agree with this assessment of Bishop’s poetry. Her poems on the syllabus certainly pose interesting questions about identity‚ awareness and one’s place in the world‚ indeed the universe‚ and they do so by means of a unique style. This style is influenced by Bishop’s acute awareness of the poet’s craft and her ability to work with both traditional forms (sestina and sonnet‚ for instance) and free verse. The questions that interested me most are those posed in ‘Questions of Travel’. These fascinated
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History is a subject which preoccupies Mahon in many of his most important poems. I would choose particular poems because of his view towards our history and the past. His poetry presents history in a very negative light. Mahon sees the past as ’deep-delving‚ dark‚ deliberate you would say’. In the poem Rathlin Mahon recalls historical violence on an island that is now a ’sanctuary’ of peace and ’through with history’. However this island in the past has witnessed ’unspeakable violence’ with the
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Certificate English [pic] Derek Mahon After the Titanic Daytrip to Donegal Grand Father Antarctica Themes 1. Theme of identity. Mahon is uneasy with his identity and feels estranged from his background. He recollects‚ mocks‚ criticises and rejects the essence of his Northern Irish identity and cultural roots: the austerity‚ the coldness‚ the selfishness‚ the isolation and the abandonment. 2. Theme of place. There is a vibrant‚ evocative
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time I would like to recommend Irish poet Derek Mahon for the award. Mahon is a creative and innovative poet who is true to his Irish heritage yet has the skill to broaden his poetry from our shores to a worldwide experience that everyone can related to. His poetry contain such hidden depth which need be acknowledged and appreciated and what better way to praise him but awarding him with not only a prise but your recognition and expertise. Derek Mahon has a distinctive style to his poetry. He
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again or will we learn that these acts were horrific and come to more peaceful solutions when tackling the divisions now. The poems of Derek Mahon have rewarded me with an experience to admire jointly his poetry as well as himself and the area which he grew up in‚ Northern Ireland. He is mastered in the art to describe elegant scenes‚ also to give impressions of places with a charm‚ which gives the scene both depth and beauty. He is able to remove himself from the present and speak without inhibition
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Four Poems by Derek Mahon INTRODUCTION Derek Mahon belongs to the same generation of Northern Ireland poets as Seamus Heaney. But‚ whereas many of Heaney’s poems are rooted firmly in the rural landscape of Ulster where he grew up‚ Mahon’s poems reflect his childhood spent in Belfast. His familiar places were the streets of the city‚ the Harland and Wolff shipyard where his g-andfather and father worked‚ and the flax-spinning factory where his mother worked. Later on‚ Mahon would come to study
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Mahon. Fellow Classmates‚ I would like to introduce you today to the Poetry of Derek Mahon. I must say I really like his poetry. Whereas too many poets are content simply to just go on and on about the “feelings”‚ Mahon engages with the world beyond himself. His poems deal with history and its victims‚ detailing their plight in a way that I found to be both compassionate and truly moving. I also liked the way his work focuses on individuals from history who are trapped in extreme and desperate situations
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