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Leaving Cert 2012 Predictions.

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  • #842
    jr blank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭jr blank


    if heaney plath corruption and literary genre come up il need to change my underpants


  • #843
    aislingmajella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭aislingmajella


    how long does the hamlet essay need to be??


  • #844
    Vetton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭Vetton


    aislingmajella wrote: »
    how long does the hamlet essay need to be??

    I'm aiming for five pages, but you should be writing a minimum of three. Don't forget to back up your statements with quotes and keep referring back to the question so as not to swerve into irrelevant points.


  • #845
    CaoimheCweeva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭CaoimheCweeva


    cocopopsxx wrote: »
    I only have Plath,rich , larkin and boland done. I honestly do not get any other poets on the course. What should I do? :/


    Well you've done better than me anyways, I only know Heaney, Rich and Kavanagh, and Kavanagh not too well :/


  • #846
    Gillibean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Gillibean


    Chances of Kinsella making an appearance tomorrow ? Please !?


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  • #847
    bernardo mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 903 ✭✭✭bernardo mac


    Soliloquies reveal an inner drama, torment , disillusionment,anger,loathing of hypocrisy,self reproach for inaction....Hamlet's inner struggle contrasts with the cunning and ruthlessness of Claudius....


  • #848
    Pete123456
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Pete123456


    Gillibean wrote: »
    Chances of Kinsella making an appearance tomorrow ? Please !?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056593524#

    fairly alright but dont hold me to that i dunno who did this poll...


  • #849
    Vetton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 143 ✭✭Vetton


    Lads, this site is really good, especially for Hamlet. Don't forget to check out any comparative texts that feature on it, and the poets (Plath's on there :D).

    http://www.shmoop.com/hamlet/


  • #850
    Gillibean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Gillibean


    Pete123456 wrote: »
    Gillibean wrote: »
    Chances of Kinsella making an appearance tomorrow ? Please !?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056593524#

    fairly alright but dont hold me to that i dunno who did this poll...


    Thanks.
    Know Kinsella. But I need another kinda definite to look back over. Suppose I know Plath the best out of the rest of them but not sure I'd write a good answer on her.
    Who would you recommend ? Heaney ?


  • #851
    Pete123456
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Pete123456


    Gillibean wrote: »
    Thanks.
    Know Kinsella. But I need another kinda definite to look back over. Suppose I know Plath the best out of the rest of them but not sure I'd write a good answer on her.
    Who would you recommend ? Heaney ?

    I spose if youre stuck, yeah, or plath... but i dont wanna be the bad guy if they dont come up... then again, out of my poets, they are all that is likely to come up, not counting surprises...


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  • #852
    CaoimheCweeva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭CaoimheCweeva


    Gillibean wrote: »
    Thanks.
    Know Kinsella. But I need another kinda definite to look back over. Suppose I know Plath the best out of the rest of them but not sure I'd write a good answer on her.
    Who would you recommend ? Heaney ?


    I would definitely suggest Heaney, and another female poet, like Rich or Boland, whichever you find easier/prefer.


  • #853
    FinnD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭FinnD


    Lads lets be honest, we all know Heaney is going to be there tomorrow, chill the fúck out


  • #854
    Gillibean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Gillibean


    Pete123456 wrote: »
    Gillibean wrote: »
    Thanks.
    Know Kinsella. But I need another kinda definite to look back over. Suppose I know Plath the best out of the rest of them but not sure I'd write a good answer on her.
    Who would you recommend ? Heaney ?

    I spose if youre stuck, yeah, or plath... but i dont wanna be the bad guy if they dont come up... then again, out of my poets, they are all that is likely to come up, not counting surprises...

    No worries. Cheers for the help.
    Goodluck.


  • #855
    Gillibean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Gillibean


    CaoimheCweeva wrote: »
    Gillibean wrote: »
    Thanks.
    Know Kinsella. But I need another kinda definite to look back over. Suppose I know Plath the best out of the rest of them but not sure I'd write a good answer on her.
    Who would you recommend ? Heaney ?


    I would definitely suggest Heaney, and another female poet, like Rich or Boland, whichever you find easier/prefer.

    Thanks. Heaney it is so.
    Kinsella, Heaney and Plath for back up.
    That's safe .. right ?! haha


  • #856
    CaoimheCweeva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭CaoimheCweeva


    Gillibean wrote: »
    Thanks. Heaney it is so.
    Kinsella, Heaney and Plath for back up.
    That's safe .. right ?! haha


    Sounds good to me! I know Heaney, Rich and Kavanagh .. fingers crossed! Good luck!:)


  • #857
    soniacore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭soniacore


    FinnD wrote: »
    Lads lets be honest, we all know Heaney is going to be there tomorrow, chill the fúck out


    True that.


  • #858
    finality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭finality


    Pete123456 wrote: »
    ok so, a little off topic but this annoys me... do the poets sit down to write this complicated knot of techniques and metaphors? or do they just throw a few lines together?

    I write poetry and yes I do to an extent. It's not like "now I'm going to write down three metaphors", but I do choose words very carefully based on their significance and the connotations they hold.

    I suppose it depends on the poet though, I'm sure some write more freely while others put great thought into each word they choose.

    I definitely do think we over-analyse some poetry on the LC course and read into things in ways the poet didn't intend, but then a lot of poets deliberately leave their writing open to interpretation and while they might have one intention while writing a poem, the finished piece might come across completely differently to someone else reading it. I like that, and pretty much anything I write is incredibly vague so sometimes it won't be interpreted as whatever inspired it but that's fine because I don't necessarily intend for it to be? If that makes any sense. I'm not a "real" poet anyway but maybe I can provide some sort of insight. :L


  • #859
    Bubbleope
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Bubbleope


    anyone know of any site with a sample essay on kinsella? /: i'm worried about him cause my essays only got B3s. /: and he seems like a proper eejit that might come up. :eek: !!

    edit: never mind. found some helpful sites. :)


  • #860
    study2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭study2012


    guys for poetry and hamlet how many quotes is the max. and the min


  • #861
    Glitt_123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Glitt_123


    so if i have the character of hamlet, deception, role of women for hamlet
    gvvp for comparative
    Heaney and Plath for poetry
    am i safe for the exam?


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  • #862
    FinnD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭FinnD


    Glitt_123 wrote: »
    so if i have the character of hamlet, deception, role of women for hamlet
    gvvp for comparative
    Heaney and Plath for poetry
    am i safe for the exam?

    More than likely yes. Good luck.


  • #863
    Glitt_123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭Glitt_123


    FinnD wrote: »
    More than likely yes. Good luck.

    thanks man! still get paranoid, what if literary genre and theme n issue turn up, dont know any of them:mad:
    good luck to u too!


  • #864
    Gillibean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Gillibean


    CaoimheCweeva wrote: »
    Gillibean wrote: »
    Thanks. Heaney it is so.
    Kinsella, Heaney and Plath for back up.
    That's safe .. right ?! haha


    Sounds good to me! I know Heaney, Rich and Kavanagh .. fingers crossed! Good luck!:)

    You too. :)


  • #865
    Mark27493
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭Mark27493


    I think English today proved that all predictions are a waste of time, Thank god I did Rich this morning as a back up!


  • #866
    MattHelders
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭MattHelders


    **** your predictions. I'm doing the opposite of what you's say:D

    Had Larkin covered well though so it was alright.

    I ran out of time. Didn't finish Larkin or the unseen poem. Only did 3 and a half pages on Hamlet. 4 on Comparative. 2 and a half on Larkin and 1 on the unseen poem

    Definately dropping from the 70 is got in my mocks


  • #867
    screeeewed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭screeeewed


    soniacore wrote: »
    FinnD wrote: »
    Lads lets be honest, we all know Heaney is going to be there tomorrow, chill the fúck out


    True that.
    Yeahhh..so chilled in the exam when the c*** doesn't appear..:L


  • #868
    nomnomnomnom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48 ✭nomnomnomnom


    im expecting a news report !! 3.5 pages if fine i think if the quality is good !


  • #869
    study2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭study2012


    Well ya I feel sorry for anyone that just relied on heaney and plath I mean thank god I looked at kinsella this morning. Anyway most of u did say that they are going to make the paper unpredictable. Anyway maths tomoro any body with predictions please. And Yup look like the hint on text 2 paper one English did hint that heaney and boland weren't coming up thank god I didn't care about plath I new she was too predictable


  • #870
    Chavways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭Chavways


    MattHelders wrote: »
    **** your predictions. I'm doing the opposite of what you's say:D

    Had Larkin covered well though so it was alright.

    I ran out of time. Didn't finish Larkin or the unseen poem. Only did 3 and a half pages on Hamlet. 4 on Comparative. 2 and a half on Larkin and 1 on the unseen poem

    Definately dropping from the 70 is got in my mocks

    You're the Agile Beast Matt.Don't worry about it.


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  • #871
    biohaiid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 923 ✭✭✭biohaiid


    I think all prediction threads should be abolished.


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