Poem
I had a Future
| Title | I had a Future | 
|---|---|
| Author | Patrick Kavanagh | 
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Poems: Patrick Kavanagh | 1996 | Print Collection | View Details | 
Publication Instance Details #2996
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Selected Poems: Patrick Kavanagh | 
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 1996 | 
| Publisher | Penguin Books (UK) | 
| Page Number(s) | 104 | 
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No   | 
                        No  | 
                        
                        Yes  | 
                        No  | 
                        No  | 
                        
                        No  | 
                    
Details
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| Genre | Short Lyric | 
| Medium | Print Collection | 
| Notes | The narrator of this poem remembers the year nineteen-forty in Ireland in rather idealistic terms which displays the country's distance from the 'madness in Europe'. | 
                    
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