Poem

Whatever You Say Say Nothing

Title	Whatever You Say Say Nothing
Author	Seamus Heaney

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Opened Ground: Poems 1966-1996	1998	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2434

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Opened Ground: Poems 1966-1996
Date of Publication	1998
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s)	131-133

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned The Troubles/Sectarian Tensions (Ireland) WW II (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The poem mostly focuses on Northern Ireland, but also refers to related events in WWII. These include a mention of the film Stalag 17, which focuses on American soldiers at a German prison camp.

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