Nothing to apologise for, Katy, and I hope you didn't think I was attacking you, and, as I say, without reading the poems in question, mine is only a partial opinion, based on the examples given. If the rural labourer was a myth to be exploded (and Synge himself admitted there was a whole world of clericalism, class-distinction and gombeenism he didn't and daren't write of, concentrating on Aran Islanders and Wicklow tinkers instead) this exploding has been well and truly done by now and Kavanangh, fine poet though he was at his best, was by no means the only one who did it.
Regards,
Oliver.
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