Poem Title |
Original Publication |
CP Page no |
The Lady from the Sea |
Life on Earth, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, 2008 |
Not included in CP |
Allusion to Classical figure Muse, Siren
Relationship to Classical text Continues the Odyssean imagery of Sirens, introduced in the previous poem, 'Circe and Sirens.'
Classical/post-Classical intertexts Henrik Ibsen's play The Lady from the Sea (1888) is Mahon's primary source.