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
Human Rights Issues
War / Genocide Referenced
Irish Context
Languages
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'.
Is bunachar beo é seo. Entries continue to be updated.