(viii) Geantraí na Gealaí

Publication Instance Details #1851

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	Gender-based violence
Languages	Irish
Genre	Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem is part of the lyric sequence, 'An Fear sa Ghealach'. In this section of the sequence, the personification of the moon directly challenges the narrator on his failure to hear the pain of women. The suffering of women is highlighted by the moon in the poem, who appears to be a kind of personification of womanhood itself. She mentions how women have been totally oppressed by men, with their feet pressed on their stomachs, breasts, wombs, and vaginas. The moon also describes herself in terms of beauty and permanence, stating that she will endure long after street lamps and shop lights are gone.