Poem

Blitz (Eng)

Title	Blitz (Eng)
Author	Pól Ó Muirí

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
D-Day	1995	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2607

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	D-Day
Date of Publication	1995
Publisher	Lagan Press Poetry (Northern Ireland)
Page Number(s)	54

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	Blitz (Ga)
Original Author	Pól Ó Muirí
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of the poem describes the Blitz - the German bombings of British and Northern Irish cities - during World War II. The domestic scene in the poem is quickly upended by the dropping of a bomb from an airplane with an unpronounceable name.

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