Studied by 2 peopleÚsaidtear pearsantú chun íomhánna agus mothúcháin ar féidir leis an léitheoir ionannú leo a chur os ár gcomhair
Personification is used to show images and feelings the reader can relate to
Is Rí agus ceannaire é
He is a King and a leader
An tsaoirse aige ina ghnáthóg nádurtha
The freedom he has in his natural habitat
Tá sé tógtha as a thimpeallacht nádurtha
He is taken from his natural habitat
Tá sé faoi ghlas anois
He is under lock now
Easpa cumhachta ag cur as dó
He has a lack of power
Níl sé i gceannas ar a shaol féin
He is not in charge of his own life
É in isle brí
He is depressed
Santaíonn sé saol an saoirse arís
He desires a free life again
Caithfidh mé a admháil nach raibh brón orm go dtí deireadh an dáin, nuair a thuig mé gurb í Caitlín Maude an t-ainmhí
I have to admit I wasn’t sad until the end of the poem, when I realised that Caitlín Maude was the animal
Úsáideann Caitlín Maude an Leon mar mheafar
Caitlín Maude uses the lion as a metaphor
An mhalairt
The opposite
Cheap mé go raibh sé an-éasca an ainmhí a shamhlú
I thought that it was easy to imagine the animal
Thaitin brí an dáin go mire liom
I enjoyed the meaning of the poem a lot
Mar léitheoir
As a reader
Faighimid léargas ar an gcodarsnacht idir an cineál saoil a bhí aige tráth agus an cineál saoil atá aige anois
We get an insight on the contrast between the type of life he had before and the type of life he has now
Is cleas cliste é seo chun taithí pearsanta ainmhí a léiriú
This is a clever trick to show her experience through the personification of a lion
Bhí fuinneamh ag an ainmhí agus bhí sé broidiúil as a láidreacht
The animal had energy and was proud of his strength
Chomh maith le sin, bhí sí sláintiúil agus neamhspleách
As well as that, she was healthy and independent
Mothaíonn sé i ngéibheann mar tá sé i bpríosún sa zú
He feels in captivity because he is imprisoned in the zoo
Braitheann sí ar nós go bhfuil sí ar taispeántas cosúil le ainmhí sa zú nuair a thagann cuairteoirí chuici
She feels like she’s on display like an animal in a zoo when people come to visit her
Ní féidir leo an t-aon rud atá uirthi a thabhairt di- a slainte
Nobody could give her the one thing she wanted- her health
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