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    A Study Guide for Paul Muldoon's "Pineapples and Pomegranates"
    A Study Guide for Paul Muldoon's "Pineapples and Pomegranates"
    A Study Guide for Paul Muldoon's "Pineapples and Pomegranates"
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    A Study Guide for Paul Muldoon's "Pineapples and Pomegranates"

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    A Study Guide for Paul Muldoon's "Pineapples and Pomegranates," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781535830942
    A Study Guide for Paul Muldoon's "Pineapples and Pomegranates"

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      Pineapples and Pomegranates

      Paul Muldoon

      2002

      Introduction

      Paul Muldoon's Pineapples and Pomegranates was first published in his collection Moy Sand and Gravel (2002), which won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 2003. Muldoon's poem recalls the speaker's first encounter with a pineapple, as a thirteen-year-old boy growing up in Northern Ireland. The speaker muses on the pineapple's significance as a symbol of generosity or munificence. The speaker then comments on the difference between munificence and munitions and expresses a wish for peace somewhere on the planet. The poem concludes with the speaker's assertion that he is talking about pineapples and not pomegranates. Muldoon dedicated the poem to the memory of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai, who died in

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