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Comment on the poem Charlotte O'Neil's Song from Passengers by Fiona Farrell The poem is written by Fiona Farrell but voiced by Charlotte O'Neil and is set in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The poem is taken from the play Passengers which investigates the lives of young women as young as fourteen who emigrated from Europe to New Zealand. O'Neil's name was picked out from a list (the ships record) and she is described as a "general servant". Farrell used this information to create a poem that informs us and makes us aware of the status and emotions of a young servant at that period in time. The first verse is in the past tense and starts with the line "I rang your bell and I answered" which indicates that the master of the house has a bell that he/she rings and O'Neil will answer to her ringing the bell and...

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