Poem

Anno Domini MCMXLVII (G)

Title	Anno Domini MCMXLVII (G)
Author	Paddy Bushe

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Gile na Gile	2005	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1902

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Gile na Gile
Date of Publication	2005
Publisher	Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	57

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Languages	Irish
Original Language	Italian
Original Poem	Anno Domini MCMXLVII
Original Author	Salvatore Quasimodo
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	ó Iodáilis Salvatore Quasimodo
Notes	The title reads 'The Year of Our Lord, 1947'. Written in the wake of World War II, the speaker of the poem addresses 'you' as the one who has been banging war drums, destroying cities, and leaving ruins and human suffering everywhere. Now that the war has finished, and the weapons of warfare have been hidden in the magnolia, the speaker wishes for a moment of peace with his partner, without the fear of curfews, bombs, and the devastation of war.

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