The Butterfly’s Burden
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The Butterfly’s Burden is a celebrated poetry collection by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish that reflects on exile, identity, and the human condition through lyrical, politically charged verse.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Mahmoud Darwish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Don’t Apologize for What You’ve Done
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I Don’t Want This Poem to End NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Siege NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPoeticSpeaker | exiled narrator ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
free verse
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imagistic language ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
homeland
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hope ⓘ language and poetry ⓘ loss ⓘ resistance ⓘ war and occupation ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
butterfly
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homeland as metaphor ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers interested in Palestinian literature
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readers of contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| languageOfThisEdition | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Arabic poetry ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important contribution to modern Palestinian poetry
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key work in Mahmoud Darwish’s late poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Palestinian experience
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displacement ⓘ exile ⓘ identity ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ politics ⓘ the human condition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of personal and collective identity
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lyrical style ⓘ politically charged verse ⓘ reflection on Palestinian exile ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| publisher | Bloodaxe Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Palestine
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diaspora ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| translator | Fady Joudah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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