Derek Walcott, "Volcano" (1976)

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Editorial Notes

Raymond Carver's "In Switzerland" and Stuart Friebert's "The Lion's Picture" are two other Zurich poems that reference both Joyce's grave at Fluntern Cemetery and the lions at the Zoo Zürich.

Places Referenced

Fluntern Cemetery

Zoo Zürich

Figures & Themes

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Weiterführende Informationen

Walcott, Derek. “Volcano.” 1976. Collected Poems 1948–1984. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. 324–325.

Martin Mühlheim

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