Eavan Boland Quotes About 19th Century

• To be an Irish poet after that 19th century in which there was such a struggle toward the light, I think still will always be in the hearts of the writers of my generation and the generations before and hopefully the generations after.

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  Eavan Boland

  Struggle   Heart   Thinking  

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• The United States' poetry emerged when there was a high literacy rate in the United States, even in the 19th century. People read the poetry when it was written. In Ireland, there was a poor literacy rate and people remember that poetry. That was handed on as a memorial tradition.

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  Eavan Boland

  People   Memorial   United States  

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