Poem
The Order of Baptism
| Title | The Order of Baptism |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Translations
Connected translations of this poem.
| Title | Author | Collection/Anthology | Year | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nation | Pól Ó Muirí | D-Day | 1995 | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #791
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | The Fifty Minute Mermaid |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2007 |
| Publisher | The Gallery Press (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 97 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
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No |
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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 land. The speaker in this poem describes the mermaids' use of wine rather than water during the baptism ritual. Their refusal to use water serves to highlight the traumatic nature of their displacement from it. The Great Famine and Irish cultural loss are understood to be implicit in this sequence of poems, but other cultural contexts could also be imagined. |
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