Requiem for the Croppies
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"Requiem for the Croppies" is a poem by Seamus Heaney commemorating the Irish rebel fighters of the 1798 uprising and reflecting on themes of sacrifice, memory, and national identity.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| croppies | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish rebels
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addresses | British rule in Ireland ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionType | poetry collection ⓘ |
| commemorates | Irish rebels of 1798 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts |
Battle of Vinegar Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish rebel fighters ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| genre |
commemorative poem
ⓘ
political poem ⓘ war poem ⓘ |
| hasForm | single stanza ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | contemporary Irish memory of 1798 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEventDescribed | Irish Rebellion of 1798 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | 18th century ⓘ |
| includedIn | Seamus Heaney selected poems collections ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Irish poetry ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Irish Rebellion of 1798
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish history ⓘ Irish republicanism ⓘ |
| meter | free verse ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| partOf | Door into the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersTo | croppies ⓘ |
| setting | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1798 ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Irish literature courses
ⓘ
postcolonial literature courses ⓘ |
| symbolism |
barley
ⓘ
harvest ⓘ mass grave ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ memory ⓘ national identity ⓘ resistance ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | Catholic requiem mass ⓘ |
| tone |
elegiac
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
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