Poem

The Patchwork Quilt

Title	The Patchwork Quilt
Author	Dora Gigerson Shorter

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
The Sad Years	1918	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3288

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	The Sad Years
Date of Publication	1918
Publisher	Constable and Company LTD. (England)
Page Number(s)	44

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Gender-based violence Health
War / Genocide Referenced	War: First World War
Irish Context	Housing, health, education (Ireland) WW I (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Ballad
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The poem is set in a domestic scene and acts as a dirge in the context of WWI through the voice of a young woman and her embroidered quilt.

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