Poem
Birthday Poem
| Title | Birthday Poem |
|---|---|
| Author | Conleth Ellis |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Stone | 1971 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #1152
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Under the Stone |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 1971 |
| Publisher | Gill & Macmillan (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 11 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | The speaker of the poem wonders at how his generation can be so concerned about 'loss', when they were the generation who knew nothing about sirens, shells, razing of the family home, and so forth. This is likely a reference to the experience of World War II, which the speaker states his peers have no knowledge of. Despite not having suffered the real pains of life, and taking an air-raid shelter as a play area rather than a refuge, the speaker argues that there must have been something traumatic in his generation's experience to account for their obsession with loss. |
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