Absence of poet on higher paper catches out some pupils
But it was the non-inclusion of Eavan Boland that drew curses in many of the 4,700 exam centres around the country.
Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) English spokesperson Alan Thompson said, however, that no student should focus solely on just one of the eight poets. He said questions about the four examined poets required a forensic knowledge of their work and the entire paper was much tougher than Wednesday’s Paper 1. However, questions on King Lear were manageable and the two modes examined in the comparative text section would have been expected by most students.
