Poem

Iasachta

Title Iasachta
Author Colin Ryan

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Corraí na Nathrach 2017 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #2204
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Corraí na Nathrach
Date of Publication 2017
Publisher Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 31
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
No
No
Yes
No
No
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Details
Human Rights Issues
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The speaker of this poem describes an emigrant man who has been living in a new country for 40 years. Despite his long stay in the country, his home country will never abandon him. There is a reference to an 'aisling' - a vision poem - in this poem as well. This may refer to the difficulty of emigrant populations in fully assimilating into a new country and culture.
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