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English Poetry Predictions

  • 06-03-2015 12:17am
    #1
    Consuelano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭


    What poets do you think will most likely show up on the exam?

    Please don't tick the ones you're hoping for - just the ones you think will come up.

    What poets will appear on the English paper in June 2015? 186 votes

    Dickinson
    0% 0 votes
    Plath
    8% 16 votes
    Ní Chuilleanáin
    1% 3 votes
    Montague
    24% 46 votes
    Yeats
    22% 41 votes
    Donne
    8% 16 votes
    Frost
    15% 28 votes
    Hardy
    19% 36 votes


Comments

  • #2
    ChrisBarrett7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭ChrisBarrett7


    A friend made a very good point the last day; if you study the three women on the course one has to come up surely!


  • #3
    Jijsaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Jijsaw


    I think Ní Chuilleanain, Frost, Montague and somebody who came up last year either Dickinson or Yeats but I'm thinking more Yeats.
    I plan on studying Frost, Montague, Hardy, Dickinson and Plath so I should be alright...hopefully.


  • #4
    if832uspx4eogt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 621 ✭✭✭if832uspx4eogt


    I think:

    John Montague
    Robert Frost
    WB Yeats
    Emily Dickinson

    Everyone is saying Eilean because it's her first year in a long time on the paper, and for that reason students would be hedging their bets on her. And we know how the department likes to throw a spanner in the works regarding the paper.

    But I'm not taking anything for granted with predicting poets. I had studied the 4 that came up on the Mocks but could only attempt two. I'm planning on studying the above + Eilean in good detail, hoping to do John Montague or Robert Frost. I really like WB Yeats but my teacher said the correctors mark the question harder because they expect some good historical background in the answer so I think I'll skip him. Plus his poems like Easter 1916 are very complicated (but highly enjoyable. In Memory Of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz is one of my favourite poems).


  • #5
    Codswapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭Codswapple


    For some reason im not convinced john montague will come up. He is just a bit obvious. But i hope im wrong.


  • #6
    Mahmoudsaid_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭Mahmoudsaid_1


    Ni chuilleanain for sure will come and maybe John montague


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  • #7
    OMGeary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭OMGeary


    Honestly don't think Ní Chuilleanáin is coming up. I think it is waaaaaaaaaaay to obvious so she won't be up, plus she's a pain anyway.


  • #8
    DarraghF197
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭DarraghF197


    OMGeary wrote: »
    Honestly don't think Ní Chuilleanáin is coming up. I think it is waaaaaaaaaaay to obvious so she won't be up, plus she's a pain anyway.

    I agree, very little chance of her coming up. She's coming up a couple of times in the next few years as well, and I think it's more likely she'll appear next year.

    My predictions:

    Frost
    Montague
    Hardy
    Dickinson

    There's a bit of a flaw in it, though, as I don't see Montague and Hardy coming up together. So potentially Yeats will appear.


  • #9
    if832uspx4eogt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 621 ✭✭✭if832uspx4eogt


    If we got:

    - Montague
    - Yeats
    - Dickinson
    - Frost

    I'd be happy. But I don't think I'll get that lucky.


  • #10
    Noire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭Noire


    I'd love

    -Yeats
    -Dickinson/Ni chuilleanain
    -Frost
    -Hardy(?)

    I'd say Yeats is very likely to come up because of his anniversary. As for the female poets, it's definitely a tie between those two. Hasn't Plath been on for the past two years already?


  • #11
    Peg14
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭Peg14


    Tbh John Montague and Frost are both fairly straightforward poets, so I wouldn't be surprised if only one of them appeared.
    Ni Chuilleanain should appear.
    Perhaps Dickinson cause nobody's really expecting her. Some suprise of some sort. As you can see, my predicting skills are just class.


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  • #12
    lucy17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭lucy17


    what are the main themes in ni chuilleanain's poems ?


  • #13
    katiecoyne1997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭katiecoyne1997


    Hardy should more than likely come up, He has not been on since before 2010 and he isn't on the course again until at least 2020. I would assume that he would come up because of this.
    Yeats will likely be on next year seeing as it will be the anniversary of 1916 will be next year
    Plath is unlikely

    I would go with:

    Hardy
    Donne
    Frost
    Dickinson/Ni chuilleanain


  • #14
    katiecoyne1997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭katiecoyne1997


    lucy17 wrote: »
    what are the main themes in ni chuilleanain's poems ?

    I would say:
    Family
    Memories
    Death
    Nature


  • #15
    katiecoyne1997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭katiecoyne1997


    Noire wrote: »
    I'd love

    -Yeats
    -Dickinson/Ni chuilleanain
    -Frost
    -Hardy(?)

    I'd say Yeats is very likely to come up because of his anniversary. As for the female poets, it's definitely a tie between those two. Hasn't Plath been on for the past two years already?

    Isn't Yeats' anniversary next year, 1916? Or am I missing something?


  • #16
    Noire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭Noire


    katiecoyne1997 wrote: »
    Isn't Yeats' anniversary next year, 1916? Or am I missing something?

    It's the 150th anniversary for his birth this year c:


  • #17
    Consuelano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭Consuelano


    With just a day to go, Ni Chuilleanain seems to be everyone's favourite! I wonder does that make her less likely to appear on Thursday's paper...!


  • #18
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Closing this as we now have a thread for all predictions and discussion.

    English HL
    English OL


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