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Answer the following briefly:

How is the image of death linked in parts 2 and 3?

The image of death is linked in these two parts, as part 3 begins with the last words of part 2. Therefore, the idea of live skulls and blind eyes, which refer to the healthy potato crop in part 2, go on to refer to the emaciated farmer in part 3.


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Answer the following briefly:

What view does the poem give of humanity’s relationship with the Earth?

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Answer the following briefly:

Contrast the quality of the harvest being described here.


• by machine


• by hand


• during the famine

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Answer the following briefly:

Bring out the importance of the potato harvest to the Irish?

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Answer the following briefly:

How can Mother Earth give, as well as take away from her children?