The more i think about this, the more i think it must be Bobby Sands.
The more i think about this, the more i think it must be Bobby Sands.
The line "The Wests asleep" references an Irish rebellion poem, and indeed the title Let England Shake is a variation of the the line Let England Quake in that poem.
The line "The Wests asleep" references an Irish rebellion poem, and indeed the title Let England Shake is a variation of the the line Let England Quake in that poem.
The reference to the lovely mouth must be to the 1981 hunger strikes. Pack up your "troubles".
The reference to the lovely mouth must be to the 1981 hunger strikes. Pack up your "troubles".
Finally, and this might be stretching it a little, but a famous Bobby Sands quote is "Our revenge will be the laughter or our children" so I wonder if that's why that line about laughing...
Finally, and this might be stretching it a little, but a famous Bobby Sands quote is "Our revenge will be the laughter or our children" so I wonder if that's why that line about laughing is there.
But I'm not sure exactly where the imagery of the Fountain of Death is coming from, I suppose it's just as an opposite to the Fountain of Life. A very unsettling image comes to mind of blood rather than water in a fountain for me.
Who's Bobby?
Robert Mugabe?
Robert Mugabe?
The more i think about this, the more i think it must be Bobby Sands.
The more i think about this, the more i think it must be Bobby Sands.
The line "The Wests asleep" references an Irish rebellion poem, and indeed the title Let England Shake is a variation of the the line Let England Quake in that poem.
The line "The Wests asleep" references an Irish rebellion poem, and indeed the title Let England Shake is a variation of the the line Let England Quake in that poem.
The reference to the lovely mouth must be to the 1981 hunger strikes. Pack up your "troubles".
The reference to the lovely mouth must be to the 1981 hunger strikes. Pack up your "troubles".
Finally, and this might be stretching it a little, but a famous Bobby Sands quote is "Our revenge will be the laughter or our children" so I wonder if that's why that line about laughing...
Finally, and this might be stretching it a little, but a famous Bobby Sands quote is "Our revenge will be the laughter or our children" so I wonder if that's why that line about laughing is there.
But I'm not sure exactly where the imagery of the Fountain of Death is coming from, I suppose it's just as an opposite to the Fountain of Life. A very unsettling image comes to mind of blood rather than water in a fountain for me.