Poem

The Letter

Title	The Letter
Author	Deirdre Brennan

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Cuislí Allta/Wild Pulses: Rogha Dánta/Selected Poems	2017	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #432

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Cuislí Allta/Wild Pulses: Rogha Dánta/Selected Poems
Date of Publication	2017
Publisher	Arlen House (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	118

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War
War / Genocide Referenced	War: First World War
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned WW I (Ireland)
Languages	English
Original Language	Irish
Original Poem	An Litir
Original Author	Deirdre Brennan
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The female speaker of this poem is reacting to the death of a male relative, possibly her son, killed in action during World War I. The reference to the School of Musketry in Dollymount, Dublin, suggests that this young man was a member of the Royal Dublin Fusilers. His broken corpse on the battlefield is compared to a crab in mud. The reference to 'mud' is significant - an oft-mentioned feature of brutal World War I trench warfare.

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