Sixteen Dead Men - WB Yeats by University College Dublin published on 2016-01-19T17:14:49Z The insurrection in 1916 inspired a vibrant body of poetry. These works engage in fundamental ways with the ideals of independence and with the feelings and experiences that helped shape modern Ireland. As part of the 1916 Irish Independent / UCD supplement series Dr. Lucy Collins has analysed key poetry of 1916. University College Dublin in partnership with the Irish Independent is inviting members of the public to vote for their favourite poem related to "Easter 1916". People can read the poems and cast their vote here: http://www.independent.ie/risingpoems O but we talked at large before The sixteen men were shot, But who can talk of give and take, What should be and what not While those dead men are loitering there To stir the boiling pot? You say that we should still the land Till Germany’s overcome; But who is there to argue that Now Pearse is deaf and dumb? And is their logic to outweigh MacDonagh’s bony thumb? How could you dream they’d listen That have an ear alone For those new comrades they have found, Lord Edward and Wolfe Tone, Or meddle with our give and take That converse bone to bone? Genre Poetry
