Poem

The Tale of the Tinker Man

Title	The Tale of the Tinker Man
Author	Edward Bernard Clifford

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
The Indignant Muse: Poetry and Songs of the Irish Revolution 1887-1926	2016	Print Anthology	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2241

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	The Indignant Muse: Poetry and Songs of the Irish Revolution 1887-1926
Date of Publication	2016
Publisher	Lilliput Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	157-159

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	War
War / Genocide Referenced	War: First World War
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned WW I (Ireland) Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) Political Independence (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Anthology
Notes	This poem depicts the recruitment of an Irishman for WW1 by Kitchener and the narrator’s attempts to teach an ill-fated young English soldier how to survive the trenches.

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