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The Irish Revolutionists by Padraic Colum | The Irish Revolutionists by Padraic Colum | ||
| − | This piece focuses on the death of three Irish, revolutionist poets. The poets are: Padraic Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, and Joseph Plunkett. At the beginning of World War I in 1914, Ireland was a part of Great Britain. In 1916, Ireland began revolting against Britain to gain their independence and break away from Britain. The three poets were part of the Easter Rising | + | This piece focuses on the death of three Irish, revolutionist poets. The poets are: Padraic Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, and Joseph Plunkett. At the beginning of World War I in 1914, Ireland was a part of Great Britain. In 1916, Ireland began revolting against Britain to gain their independence and break away from Britain. The three poets were part of the Easter Rising in 1916 were a rebellion was launched to end British rule in Ireland. It ended with unconditional surrender of the rebel forces and most of the leaders were executed. |
The article is clearly in favor of the poets as it describes them as “Brave, honorable, and distinguished lives.” It claims that the loss of these leaders did not only effect Ireland, but the whole world. It continues with a personal poem from each poet then ends with a passage about each poet and how their actions helped shape the revolution. The constant praise features how passionately The Little Review feels about these political issues during World War I. It has no problem in pointing out how crudely an English journal published pictures of the revolutionists with a picture of the one who ordered their executions. The article states that the poets have “Intellectual and spiritual faces” while the general who ordered their death has “the face of a man who could never liberate himself.” | The article is clearly in favor of the poets as it describes them as “Brave, honorable, and distinguished lives.” It claims that the loss of these leaders did not only effect Ireland, but the whole world. It continues with a personal poem from each poet then ends with a passage about each poet and how their actions helped shape the revolution. The constant praise features how passionately The Little Review feels about these political issues during World War I. It has no problem in pointing out how crudely an English journal published pictures of the revolutionists with a picture of the one who ordered their executions. The article states that the poets have “Intellectual and spiritual faces” while the general who ordered their death has “the face of a man who could never liberate himself.” | ||
