Derek Mahon: The Blackbird

Poem Title

Original Publication

The Blackbird

Poems 1962-1978, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979

CP Page no

110

Length / Form

Allusion to Classical figure

Allusion to Classical place

The Hesperides (Mahon is referring to the garden of the Hesperides rather than the nymphs who tend it).

Relationship to Classical text

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Close translation of words/phrases/excerpts

Classical/post-Classical intertexts

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Further Analysis