Glaoch Abhaile tèama agus íomhanna

The themes of the poem are sadness, love, loneliness and emigration

Is é brón, grámhar, uaigneas agus an imirce na príomhteamaí sa dán seo

The boy emigrated to London and it is bad because he is homeless

Tà an buachaill tar éis dul ar imirce go dtí an Londain agus tá sé deacair mar tá sé gan dídean

He is talking to his mother on the phone and pretends he is living in a nice apartment but in reality he is living on the streets

Tá sé ag faint lena mhathair ag an bfhón agus ligeann sé go bhfuil conaí in árásan “breá cluthar” ach i ndaíríre, tá sé ina gconaí ar na sraideanna

He is sad because he won’t be there for Christmas because he has no money or no one to help him

Tá sé brónach mar ní feidir leis dul abhaile don nollaig mar níl aon airgead aige agus níl aon duine aige chun chabhrú leis

There is a loving relationship between the son and mother because he is lying to her to protect her

Tá dlúthchaidhreamh Lena mhathair agus mac mar tá sé ag insint bréige chun í a chosaint

It is a very lonely and hard life and he is a loner

Is saol uaigneach agus deacair é agus is aonarán é

There is a lot of images in the poem.

Tá a lán íomhanna sa dán seo.

We see a boy talking with his mom on the phone and he is lying that he is living in a comfortable apartment and that life is good but after the call, he picks up a sleeping bag and a duffel bag because he lives in a box beside Waterloo station. The image makes the reader very sad for the boy.

Léironn sé an buachaill ag faint lena mhathair ag an bfhón agus tá sé insint bréige mar ligeann sé go bhfuil conaí in arásán compordach agus go bhfuil an saol maith ach tar éis an ghlao, pioc sé an mhála codalta agus an mhála dufail mar tá sé ina gconaí ar an bosca taobh thiar de Stáisiún Waterloo. Cuireann an íomhá brón mór ar na léitheoirí don bhuachaill

Another image is the loving relationship we see between the mother and the son. She is worried about him but he is trying to protect her even though he knows that he won’t be home for Christmas because he is homeless and has no money or anyone to help him. We see that he loves his mom that he will lie for her.

Taispeánann an íomhá eile an dlúthchaidhreamh idir an mháthair agus a mac. Tá sí buartha faoi, ach tá sé ag iarraidh í a chosaint. Tá a fhios aige ní feidir leis dul abhaile don Nollaig mar níl aon airgead aige agus níl aon duine aige chun cabhrú leis. Feicimid go bhfuil grá mór aige dá mháthair mar go luíonn sé léi

The images show the problems with homelessness in society and the harsh reality of emigration.

Léiríonn na híomhánna seo fadhb na heaspa dídine sa tsochaí agus an réaltacht chrua na himirce.