Poem

The Riders

Title The Riders
Author Katharine Tynan

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Flower of Youth: Poems in War Time 1917 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #2353
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Flower of Youth: Poems in War Time
Date of Publication 1917
Publisher Sidgwick & Jackson, LTD (England)
Page Number(s) 22-23
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
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Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes This poem appears to depict a medieval war in Rheims. There is a modern context, however. The city was bombarded during WW1 and a subsequent fire in 1914 destroyed the cathedral. Images of the cathedral were then used as anti-German propaganda.
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