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Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
...simple, natural style it is clear she is artfully drawing on the literary conventions of the ballad tradition. Identify some examples of the features listed above in the ‘Legend’ to explore how O’Leary does this. There are many examples you might have picked out. The second stanza opens with the desolate children crouched round the hearth-- there is no explanation...