I have been posting English notes on my blog, Reviews Rants and Rambles, since I retired as an English teacher and an Advising Examiner for English Higher Level. I have brought all those links together here in one post or blog – an Index of all the posts I’ve written that are relevant to Leaving Cert English Poetry 2025. Bookmark this to save you the trouble of constantly searching the internet each time you want to do some background work on a particular poet or author. It’s imperfect and won’t suit every student, class, or teacher but it’s my version of a ‘Pop-Up-One-Stop Shop’ and you know the drill: just click on the link if it’s relevant to your studies! My choice of poets is personal and you will easily see where my own preferences lie by simply viewing the number of links provided for each text or poet!
However, Caveat Emptor! Leaving Cert Student Beware !! These are resources that you should use wisely. They are my personal responses to the various texts and you should read and consider them and decide to study them if you find them useful.
IN OTHER WORDS, MAKE YOUR OWN OF THEM, ADD TO THEM, OR DELETE FROM THEM AS YOU SEE FIT.
Eavan Boland
Major Themes in Eavan Boland’s Poetry
The Beauty of Ordinary Things In the Poetry of Eavan Boland
Child of Our Time by Eavan Boland
Emily Dickinson
An Overview of the Poetry of Emily Dickinson
T. S. Eliot
Observations on ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by T. S. Eliot
The Religious Poetry of T. S. Eliot (with a particular focus on ‘Journey of the Magi’ and
Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins
An Analysis of Inversnaid by Gerard Manley Hopkins
An Analysis of Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Analysis of ‘The Windhover’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Terrible Sonnets, not so terrible after all!
Commentary on ‘Pied Beauty’ by Hopkins
Patrick Kavanagh
The Poetry of Patrick Kavanagh
Some Recurring Themes in the Poetry of Patrick Kavanagh
Analysis of Patrick Kavanagh’s Use of the Sonnet
An Overview of Patrick Kavanagh’s Poetry
A Christmas Childhood by Patrick Kavanagh
Canal Bank Walk by Patrick Kavanagh
‘Patrick Kavanagh is a very Religious Poet’ Discuss
‘A sense of loss pervades much of Patrick Kavanagh’s poetry’ Discuss
Patrick Kavanagh’s Poetry is full of Honesty, Integrity and Simplicity’ Discuss
‘Patrick Kavanagh is a poet of the Ordinary’ Discuss
Bonus Kavanagh Stuff – Have a read! Enjoy!
Luke Kelly : Raglan Road (A Parade of Posts for St Patrick 1)
An Introduction to ‘Tarry Flynn’ by Patrick Kavanagh
Stony Grey Soil by Patrick Kavanagh
Derek Mahon
Sylvia Plath
Reviews Rants and Rambles 
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