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Aniara poem english5/30/2023 ![]() It offers a prophetic foresight of what we all might expect from nuclear warfare and its aftermath. Having lost all ties to their past and with no hope of a future, their fears, bitterness and nostalgia set the mood for the poem. ![]() The 8,000 occupants realise that they are doomed to an endless journey to nowhere. ![]() Out of control and pulling away from the solar system towards outer space, Aniara is finally thrown onto a course pointing to the star system of Lyra, ‘and no change of direction could be thought of’. Graphic used to accompany the short ‘Radio Times’ resume of ‘Aniara’ broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in November 1962 (Copy at Ms. ![]()
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