Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes: An Aisling, 1883

The aisling (Irish for 'vision', IPA: [aɕlʲənʲ]), or vision poem, is a poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries in Irish language poetry. Ashling is a science fiction novel by Isobelle Carmody, set in a post apocalyptic world. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2536x2032, 318 KB) Description: Title: de: Der Traum Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 82 × 102 cm Country of origin: de: Frankreich Current location (city): de: Baltimore Current location (gallery): de: Walters Art Gallery Other notes: Source: The Yorck Project... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2536x2032, 318 KB) Description: Title: de: Der Traum Technique: de: Öl auf Leinwand Dimensions: de: 82 × 102 cm Country of origin: de: Frankreich Current location (city): de: Baltimore Current location (gallery): de: Walters Art Gallery Other notes: Source: The Yorck Project... This article is about the art form. ... This article is about the modern Goidelic language. ... A 1907 engraving of William Butler Yeats, one of Irelands best-known poets. ...

Format

In an aisling, the island of Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, sometimes young and beautiful, sometimes old and haggard. This female figure is generally referred to in the poems as An Spéirbhean (the sky-woman). She laments the current state of the Irish people and predicts an imminent revival of their fortunes, usually linked to the return of a Stuart pretender to the English throne. The Coat of Arms of King James I, the first British monarch of the House of Stuart The House of Stuart or Stewart was a royal house of the Kingdom of Scotland, later also of the Kingdom of England, and finally of the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

The form developed out of an earlier, non-political genre which was essentially an Irish form of the French reverdie, in which the poet meets a beautiful, supernatural woman who symbolises the spring season, the bounty of nature, and love. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Five Middle English poems The reverdie is an old French poetic genre, which celebrates the arrival of spring. ...

The first and greatest of the aisling poets was Aogán Ó Rathaille, Mac an Cheannaí. In his hands, the aisling is a powerful mode of political writing. In the 18th century, the form became something of an empty formula and became the target of jokes. Aogán Ó Rathaille (1675? – 1729) was an Irish language poet. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

Satire

The Scottish Jacobite poet Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair poked fun at the aisling genre in his Anti-Campbell polemic An Airce. Towards the end of the century, Munster poet Brian Merriman also parodied the aisling form in his comic masterpiece Cúirt An Mheán Óiche. Scottish can refer to: Look up Scottish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (as an adjective) things to do with Scotland (see also Scots and Scotch) (as a noun) the Scottish people. ... Jacobite refers to: A follower of Jacobitism, the political movement dedicated to the return of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England and Scotland A member of the Jacobite Orthodox Church of Syria. ... Alasdair MacMhaighstear Alasdair (c. ... Campbell Clan Badge - A Boars head represents the positive qualities of the boar: courage and fierceness in battle. ... Statistics Area: 24,607. ... Brian Merriman (1749 – July 27, 1805) was an Irish language poet and teacher. ...

Probably the most famous example of aisling poetry is the song Róisín Dubh (song). Róisín Dubh, meaning Dark Little Rose, written in the 16th century, is one of Irelands most famous political songs. ...

Name

Aisling is also a girl's first name in Ireland, meaning dream, delusion, vision or inspiration. The spelling is somewhat variable as Aislinn, Aislynn, Aishling, Asling or Eislinn etc.

Women named Aisling

• Aisling Burnand, the Chief Executive of the UK BioIndustry Association
• Aislinn O'Sullivan, Irish actress

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Fictional and other uses

• LÉ Aisling (P23) s a ship in the Irish Naval service.
• Aisling Grey is a character in Katie MacAlister's "Guardian" series.

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External links

• Irish text of Gile na Gile by Aogán Ó Rathaille
• Irish text of Úirchill an Chreagáin, an 18th century aisling from Ulster

• Medieval roots of the name Aisling disputed