Post #939371
2026-03-29 10:46 UTC
Eavan Boland and the emergence of a poetic self. On the blog: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/eavan-boland-and-the-emergence-of-a-poetic-self/
#poetry #IrishPoetry #EavanBoland #literature #identity
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@stancarey@mastodon.ie 2026-03-30 14:32
"Without knowing, I had used that thing for which the English reserve a visceral dislike: their language, loaded and aimed by the old enemy." —Eavan Boland, on using the word "amn't" in a London school at the age of 6 or 7 #language #IrishEnglish #dialect #poetry
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@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot 2026-03-29 11:45
@stancarey The extracts you selected are incredibly beautiful and moving. Thank you.
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@sailboat@mastodon.scot 2026-03-29 12:34
@stancarey thanks for this, i was looking up the library loan before i'd even finished your post!
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@stancarey@mastodon.ie 2026-04-01 09:14
@rivets Which is why children learning English often produce "amn't", till they're told not to