Poem
Lá an tSléibhe
| Title | Lá an tSléibhe |
|---|---|
| Author | Seán Ó Leocháin |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oiread na Fríde | 1998 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #969
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Oiread na Fríde |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 1998 |
| Publisher | Cló Iar-Chonnachta (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 34-35 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Lyric Sequence |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Paratext Text | 6.8.1995 |
| Notes | This two-part lyric sequence describes a woman with whom the speaker of the poem appears to have had a personal relationship. The poem is filled with imagery of light and the sun. In the second part of this poem, when the woman marries a Japanese man, the sun imagery becomes malevolent and threatening in the context of the nuclear bomb explosion in Hiroshima. The speaker imagines the woman as a shadow on the streets of Hiroshima, the sun above her as the bomb itself. Interestingly, the paratext dates the poem as the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb itself, 6th August 1945. |
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