Poem

A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford

Title	A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford
Author	Derek Mahon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
New Collected Poems	2011	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1833

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	New Collected Poems
Date of Publication	2011
Publisher	The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	81-82

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Details

Human Rights Issues	Genocide HR & Natural Disasters
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War Genocide: Holocaust
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned The Troubles/Sectarian Tensions (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Let them not forget us, the weak souls among the asphodels. - Seferis, Mythistorema (For J. G. Farrell)
Notes	First published in Snow Party (1975). Explicit references to Treblinka & Pompeii, victims of holocaust, and human suffering and witnessing more generally. Photography has a prominent role in the poem.

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