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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SIGHTSEERS, by PAUL MULDOON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My father and mother, my brother and sister Last Line: There was still the mark of an o when he got home Subject(s): Oppression; Ireland; Irish | |||
My father and mother, my brother and sister and I, with uncle Pat, our dour best-loved uncle, had set out that Sunday afternoon in July in his broken-down Ford not to visit some graveyard-one died of shingles, one of fever, another's knees turned to jelly- but the brand-new roundabout at Ballygawley, the first in mid-Ulster. Uncle Pat was telling us how the B-Specials had stopped him one night somewhere near Ballygawley and smashed his bicycle and made him sing the Sash and curse the Pope of Rome. They held a pistol so hard against his forehead there was still the mark of an O when he got home | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN AN IRISH HEADLAND by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GIANT'S RING: BALLYLESSON, NEAR BELFAST by ROBINSON JEFFERS IRELAND; WRITTEN FOR THE ART AUTOGRAPH DURING IRISH FAMINE by SIDNEY LANIER THE EYES ARE ALWAYS BROWN by GERALD STERN |
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