Look again at ‘At a Potato Digging’ by Seamus Heaney and at ‘A Sheep Fair’ by Thomas Hardy‚ which both deal with the theme of the hardship of rural life. With close reference to the ways each poet uses language‚ compare and contrast what the speakers in the poems say about rural life. You should include relevant contextual material. Which poem do you find more interesting? Give your reasons. Seamus Heaney and Thomas Hardy both depict images of rural life as difficult and uncomfortable. In their
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in the streets. Especially the kids who lost their homes. The kids would probably be even more scared than their parents. When many companies closed down‚ that meant that all of the people who worked in it would lose their jobs. For example‚ in Digging In by Robert J. Hastings‚ the closing of Old West Side Mine meant that many people who worked there now don’t have a job. Each day of The Great Depression was people trying to get jobs‚ and people losing their homes. Most of the people probably lived
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In "Auto Wreck"‚ as the title insinuates it‚ is a situation that describes a car accident that takes place in a city‚ which means‚ that an ambulance‚ a hospital‚ the police‚ and the crowd are the main actors when death is about to strike. In the development of the poem‚ Shapiro describes the atmosphere that surrounds a city at night when there is a car accident; Blood all over the streets and gutters‚ the police covering the situation and the crowd observing the tragic accident‚ recalling death as
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The poet I will be focusing on in my essay is Seamus Heaney and his two poems I will be comparing are "Churning Day" and "An Advancement of learning". Heaney was born into a farming family from the north of Ireland in 1939. His poetry mainly seems to handle different themes of love‚ death‚ generation‚ and memories. They all hold a strong dramatic sense. Many of Heaney’s early poems deal with his past childhood experiences and how he overcomes different situations as a young child. A theme he uses
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nothing without achieve any accomplishment. The boy had all the characteristics of a typical adolescent. His father‚ determined to help the boy change his characteristics and grow to a more responsible man‚ forcing his son to a construction zone and digging in the heat of the sun. From the sentence‚ “It is time to thank my father for wanting me to work and telling me I had to work and getting the job for me.” (P75) Based on this‚ it shows the boy really being an independent individual who understand
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12/7/10 “Ah‚ Are You Digging On My Grave?” “Ah‚ Are You Digging on My Grave?” was first published in the Saturday Review on September 27‚ 1913‚ then in Thomas Hardy’s 1914 collection‚ satires of Circumstance: Lyrics and Reveries with Miscellaneous Pieces. The poem reflects Hardy’s interest in death and events beyond everyday reality‚ but these subjects are presented humorously‚ with a strong dose of irony and satire. This treatment is somewhat unusual for Hardy‚ who also produced a number
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In Digging the author shows a lot more admiration than in Mid Term Brake in digging the author says ‘by god that man could handle a spade.’ He shows his admiration by using the phrase ‘by god’ this phrase is used to emphasise being really good at something‚ for example ‘by god football was his sport’ it would mean he was very good at football. To take the words very literally it would mean ‘they were level with god’ in the speaker’s perspective. Where as in Mid Term Brake Seamus only shows admiration
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Thomas Hardy’s poem Ah‚ Are You Digging on My Grave is a humorous and mildly cynical reminder that‚ once we are dead and buriied‚ life goes on. It invites comparison to E. A. Robinson’s Is My Team Ploughing. There is little that calls for explanation once the reader understands that the questioning voice is that of a woman who has shuffled off her mortal coil. In the first stanza she asks if it is her male loved one who is doing the digging with the intention of planting rue. We are reminded that
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Re-draft ). Compare the ways in which Heaney and Hughes describe their storms. “Storm on the Island” starts in a very dramatic way by setting the scene of the poem on a lonely‚ deserted island. Firstly‚ Seamus Heaney describes the surroundings in a way‚ to make the readers assume that the storm is set on a very bare waste land with a handful of residents on it that preparing for a storm that turns out to be more severe than they expected. Seamus Heaney then goes on to putting the readers of
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Within Alex Dimitrov’s first book of poetry‚ Begging for It‚ one is able to establish his artistic interpretation within his work. In addition‚ one is able to notice segments of his subject of pain and his conquest of shame. Through a psychological lens‚ one is able to see Dimitrov portray his gender by acknowledging the gay community. This allows one to explore the relationship of artist and contemporary gay poetry that he creates. Moreover‚ allowing one to observe how his identity shapes his poetry
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