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Good Afternoon all, I have been asked before you today to discuss my opinion on the poetry of Seamus Heaney, and although this style of learning wouldn’t be what you’d be used to, I’m hoping you will all benefit from what I have to say and leave here with a clear understanding of Heaney’s brilliance, questioning the meaning behind what he has written. I have decided to take a thematic approach to this discussion rather than spend set time talking about one poem at a time, only for you to grow confused

"Digging" “Digging” by Seamus Heaney is the first poem in the first full volume of Heaney’s poems, “Death of a Naturalist”. “Death of a Naturalist” is about the transition into adulthood and the loss of innocence. The poem shows how Heaney looked up to his father and grandfather, especially their hard work. Even though Heaney did not follow in their footsteps and become a farm laborer, he respects the work they do, especially their skill at digging. The poem is a free verse poem. It has

November, by Simon Armitage and Mid-Term Break, by Seamus Heaney, the persona is compelled into that position. They both describe loss as a traumatic experience, which the persona tries to detach themselves from in order to accept the reality. In November, the persona is burdened with guilt and self-blame. Realising that the situation is inevitable illuminates his fears of ageing and death. Mid-Term Break is an autobiographical poem where the persona (Seamus Heany) maintains a very formal and distant tone

Mid-Term Break, The Field Mouse, and On My First Sonne The above poems are written by 3 different people and on reading them they seem to be about very different things. But at heart, they are about death and the pain that appears afterwards. Seamus Heaney's Mid-Term Break is a memory of his four-year-old brother's death. Gillian Clarke's The Field Mouse is about death in a political conflict compared to a death in nature. Finally On My First Sonne by Ben Johnson is about the death of his

Through the poems, Carpet Weavers and Mid-Term Break, poets Carol Rumens and Seamus Heaney communicate a loss of innocence, offering different interpretations on similar themes. Both poems portray the plight of children experiencing a harsh reality which undermines social conventions which shelter children and forces upon them heavy responsibility. In Carpet Weavers the children ascend to maturity, being deprived of a childhood due to their responsibility to earn money labouring in impoverished conditions

Seamus Heany describes his times of when him and his family would go picking blackberries very explicit. When he mentioned about the activities that took place, the berries seemed to come alive because of how much personification was implemented into them, “and it's flesh was sweet... summer's blood was in it.” As he goes on describing it, the berries take form of two of the seven deadly sins: lust and gluttony. Him and his family would not stop picking no matter how much pain they went through because

Father Roles Heaney Father Roles There are many factors that will shape a young boy’s life, but possibly none more important than the role of that boy’s father. Seamus Heaney and Theodore Roethke both have shown the importance of the father role in their poems “Digging” and “My Papas Waltz.” Although the roles of the fathers in these poems were different, the respect and admiration shown by their sons is one in the same. Weather it is Heaney’s father digging under his window, or Roehtke’s

Ireland was a British colony for more than seven centuries, for this time it was hidden their native identity, as well as their language. The British colonizers imposed not only their language but also their culture. In 1922, it was signed the Treaty in which Ireland was considered a free state. As and introduction to Heaney poems, I will use a poem of Yeats, who is the poet that starts to talk about postcolonial themes. Maybe Yeats was one the most important figures in the reconstruction of

Introduction Considered to be one of the greatest living poets, Seamus Heaney is an Irish poet, whose work is notable for evocation of events in Irish history and its allusions to Irish myth. A Catholic, Seamus Justin Heaney (b. 13th April 1939, Mossbawn, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) was the eldest of nine children, he grew up in a rural landscape, his father was a farmer whose skill Heaney admired greatly, a point attested to in 'Digging' (DN) [1]. Much of his early poetry derives from

Nobody has an assigned date to pass way, things happen out of our control. In Seamus Heaney’s 1950’s poem “Mid-term Break” the poet loses his younger brother and he demonstrates how he uses the loss of his younger brother to deeply express his feelings and mourn. Don Delillo’s 1997 short story “Videotape” demonstrates a story of a man who is deeply drawn to shocking footage on the news, footage that is very gory and horrible. The theme in the poem “Mid-term break” and the short story “videotape”