Géibheann

Úsaidtear 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