Poem
Water Voice
| Title | Water Voice |
|---|---|
| Author | Paul Muldoon |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fifty Minute Mermaid | 2007 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #785
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | The Fifty Minute Mermaid |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2007 |
| Publisher | The Gallery Press (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 81 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
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Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Details
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| Genre | Part Of Lyric Sequence |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | This sequence of poems, 'Na Murúcha a Thriomnaigh', makes use of the international folk tale of the mermaid to construct an allegorical world in which the merpeople have left the water and now live uneasily among humankind on earth. This poem describes a woman encountering a stranger with water squelching in his shoes, who washes and dries his feet at her home. He mentions trying to get to the priest's house, but being prevented by a little spaniel. The next day the priest informs her that the man was in fact his own brother who was drowned coming back from America. The speaker of the poem counts this as being an occasion of one of the merpeople making an appearance ashore again. The Great Famine and Irish cultural loss is understood to be implicit in this sequence of poems. |
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