Poem

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Title Masc
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 #2205
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Corraí na Nathrach
Date of Publication 2017
Publisher Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 35
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
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Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The speaker of this poem describes a ceremonial mask which his companion has located in a tomb. Aware of the mask's significance, perhaps, the speaker reflects on how it is now an artefact, frozen in time, from a culture that now no longer exists in a significant way, and whose stories are no longer told.
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