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'The Planter's Daughter - by Austin Clarke (S1E10)

March 06, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 10

About the Poem

The society depicted in the poem , The Planters Daughter, is one reminiscent of images of Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

A planter was usually an English or Scotsman, brought in by the British, who bought confiscated land in Ireland quite cheaply , who then employed local people to work on it

In effect, he was the local landlord, living in the ‘Big House’ , often seen as people of wealth and be of higher class – and would certainly not mix with the lower classes.

However , in this poem, Austin Clarke portrays the planter's daughter, rather than being aloof, as a down to earth and approachable person who certainly doesn't see herself as above anyone else.

The most interesting feature of ‘The Planter’s Daughter’ is the indirect way in which Clarke presents the subject of the poem and this indirect treatment creates a certain mystique around her.

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About the Poet

Austin Clarke was born in Stoneybatter, Dublin in 1896

He was one of the leading Irish poets of the generation after W. B. Yeats and he also wrote novels, plays and memoirs.

His main contribution to Irish poetry was the rigour with which he used technical means borrowed from classical Irish language poetry when writing in the English language.

In addition to some twenty volumes of poetry and numerous plays, Clarke published three novels and two volumes of memoirs, and while all of these prose writings are of interest, Clarke's reputation rests firmly on his poetry.

He dies in Dublin in March 1974

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