Poem

Thomas Kettle

Title Thomas Kettle
Author Michael J. Whelan

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Rules of Engagement 2019 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #2137
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Rules of Engagement
Date of Publication 2019
Publisher Doire Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 20
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
War / Genocide Referenced
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Paratext Text Irish poet, politician, economist; author or 'To my daughter, Betty, the gift of God'; killed in action WW1; listed on the Thiepval memorial to the missing on the Somme, France.
Notes This is a poem commemorating the poet, politician, economist, and academic, Thomas Kettle, who was killed in battle in 1916 during WW1. The speaker of the poem notes how his remains were buried, but lost, and how he is marked among the missing at the Thiepval memorial at the Somme. The speaker acknowledges that Kettle's poems live on, although he himself did not.
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