Doth Suffer a Sea Change

Publication Instance Details #2115

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	Displacement/Forced Migration
Irish Context	Emigration (from Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Anthology
Notes	The first-person speaker of this poem is looking at the Baia Vignola, Sardinia, and contemplating the plight of those who have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in hope of a better future. The sea has become a 'vast graveyard'. There are explicit references to border controls, to people- trafficking and to illegal immigration. There is also reference to earlier mass migration across the Atlantic Ocean and to the immigration station at Ellis Island, USA, a reference that has particular resonance in the context of post-Famine migration from Ireland.