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According to Frank O'Connor, Brian Merriman "was a fine poet" and was every bit the equal of his contemporaries Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, and Robert Burns. [24] Ciaran Carson, however, has gone even farther and has compared Merriman's mastery of language with that of Italian national poet Dante Alighieri. [25]
Brian Merriman. Read poems by this poet. Brian Merriman was born around the year 1747 in Ireland, likely in County Clare, and grew up near the village of Feakle. A poet and a teacher, he taught at various schools around Feakle and served as a private tutor for local families.
Aug 15, 2024 · The emergence of an uniquely talented poet such as Brian Merriman in County Clare in the second half of the eighteenth century was in many ways an unlikely event.
The main topic of debate concerns the extent to which Merriman's poetry was shaped by such influential Enlightenment figures as Jonathon Swift, Richard Savage, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and...
Corkery says that Merriman, having no contact with a School of Poetry, a Cúirt Éigse, was unable to achieve greatness, confined as he was to common speech and folk models; that his verse is ...
Brian Merriman — his life. Professor Seán Ó Tuama says of Merriman’s poem: The Midnight Court is undoubtedly one of the greatest comic works of literature, and certainly the greatest comic poem ever written in Ireland (Repossessions: Selected Essays on the Irish Literary Heritage, 1995).
The Midnight Court [Twas my custom to stroll] Brian Merriman. ’TWAS MY CUSTOM to stroll by a clear winding stream, With my boots full of dew from the lush meadow green, Near a neck of the woods where the mountain holds sway, Without danger or fear at the dawn of the day.
