Derek Mahon: September in Gt. Yarmouth

(Page numbers given refer to Collected Poems: Derek Mahon [CP]: The Gallery Press, 1999)

*Poem Title*	*Original Publication*	CP Page no
*September in Gt. Yarmouth*	The Snow Party, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975	16

Allusion to Classical figure Charon, ‘the boatman’, is alluded to, calling in a pleasure-boat with the cry ‘Come in, fifteen, your time is up.’

Allusion to Classical place The cold shoreline, with its queue of ageing parents and teenagers echoes the banks of the Styx.

Relationship to Classical text Descriptions of the Underworld in Vergil’s Aeneid VI seem to have provided inspiration for the sombre setting.

_______________________________

*Poem Title*	*Original Publication*
CP Page no	16
*September in Gt. Yarmouth*	The Snow Party, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975
Length / Form
Allusion to Classical figure	Charon, ‘the boatman’, is alluded to, calling in a pleasure-boat with the cry ‘Come in, fifteen, your time is up.’
Allusion to Classical place	The cold shoreline, with its queue of ageing parents and teenagers echoes the banks of the Styx.
Relationship to Classical text	Descriptions of the Underworld in Vergil’s Aeneid VI seem to have provided inspiration for the sombre setting.
Close translation of words/phrases/excerpts
Classical/post-Classical intertexts
Further Comment
Further Analysis

Classical Receptions in Drama and Poetry in English from c.1970