Poem

Yarrow

Title	Yarrow
Author	Paul Muldoon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Poems 1968-1998	2001	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1780

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Poems 1968-1998
Date of Publication	2001
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s)	346-392

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) State Violence
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) Emigration (from Ireland) Irish Language/Culture Other Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	English
Genre	Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	A long, densely intertextual poem. Personal rather than historical context, with focus on loss and suffering. Includes references to colonialism and colonial violence against indigenous people, war, and acts of killing. Several references to mythology and folk narratives. First published in The Annals of Chile (1994).

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