Eavan Boland, renowned as a poet of history, countered this by emphasizing the importance of the past—individual, uncelebrated, and personal narratives often overlooked in official accounts.
In her poem 'Amber,' Boland delves into her struggle with memory, questioning the validity of preserving the departed, suggesting that writing may serve as a hollow effigy of real lives.
Acknowledging that writing cannot change the passage of time, Boland presents amber as a metaphor for capturing remnants of existence, hinting at the ungraspable connectedness of past and present.
Boland's poetry seeks to reclaim and reflect the quiet lives of women, addressing the silence surrounding their experiences in a literary landscape dominated by grand narratives.
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