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Derek Mahon: A Siren

Poem Title

Original Publication

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A Siren

Collected Poems (see above) 

270

Allusion to Classical figure Siren

Classical/post-Classical intertexts The poem is a translation of Umberto Saba’s ‘Campionessa di nuoto’ (‘Swimming Champion’), (p.462 in the bilingual edition Songbook: The Selected Poems of Umberto Saba, trans. L. Nathan & G. Hochfield (New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press, 2009).

Derek Mahon