Poem

Begin, Begin Again

Title	Begin, Begin Again
Author	Theo Dorgan

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Greek	2010	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3278

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Greek
Date of Publication	2010
Publisher	Dedalus Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	11-16

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	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Torture
Irish Context	Economic Inequality (Ireland) Political Independence (Ireland) HR-related International Involvement (Ireland) Irish Language/Culture
Languages	English
Genre	Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	A lyical rumination on the idea of new beginnings between nation and home that addresses questions of belonging and identity. Intertextual references to Alexander the Great, Odysseus, Sparta, and the Vikings frame themes of colonisation, war, and conflict coupled with explicit claims regarding poverty and suffering. The speaker/poet is caught between his feelings for his native Cork and a new life in Greece.

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