Poem

The Great Wave

Title The Great Wave
Author Derek Mahon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
An Autumn Wind 2010 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #1823
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology An Autumn Wind
Date of Publication 2010
Publisher The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 77
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes Focuses on the tsunami of 2006 and the destruction it left behind, including human bodies. In the collection the poem is presented as translation from the work of an imaginary Hindi poet - i.e. not actually a translation.
Is bunachar beo é seo. Entries continue to be updated.