Poem

The Ruins Answer

Title	The Ruins Answer
Author	John Hewitt

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
The Collected Poems of John Hewitt	1991	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2642

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	The Collected Poems of John Hewitt
Date of Publication	1991
Publisher	Blackstaff Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	324-327

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Forced Labour (incl. slavery & child labour) HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem argues for the necessity of socio-economic change. According to the collection’s notes, it was dated February 1937 / March 1939. As such, the allusions to aerial warfare suggest the approach of WW2.

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