Wednesday, November 13, 2013

What is Thomas Moore's "The Harp that Once ThroughTara's Halls" about?

This poem is about a couple of
things.


First of all, it is about how things that are
famous and important at one point come to be dead and irrelevant later on.  It is the
idea that even the famous and important die and become
nothing.


Second, this is a poem about Irish nationalism. 
This poem was written at a time when England ruled Ireland.  The poem uses the ancient
seat of Irish kings -- Tara -- as a symbol for Irish independence.  It is saying that
Irish independence will survive as long as "some heart indignant
breaks."

No comments:

Post a Comment

In Act III, scene 2, why may the establishment of Claudius's guilt be considered the crisis of the revenge plot?

The crisis of a drama usually proceeds and leads to the climax.  In Shakespeare's Hamlet , the proof that Claudius is guilty...