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    Juan Rodriguez Lacasa Poetry appreciation: Bogland‚ Heaney In “Bogland”‚ Heaney describes the landscape of his native Ireland and in particular‚ the peat bogs for which the land is renowned. The bogs preserve layers of history which the reader slowly digs into‚ and throughout the poem the tone gives away a sense of patriotism and intimacy. The title suggests a squelched swamp to be avoided‚ however Heaney shows his love of the place and proves to have a close relationship with this one when he personifies

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    out on his father burrowing the bloom bunk. All that divides them is a solitary sheet of glass. Whilst apparently pitiful‚ this boundary between father and child is at the precise heart of Digging and prompts the illustration "cozy as a firearm". Heaney compares his pen to a weapon with which to ensure himself from reactions about his decision of profession. A huge area of Heaney’s assortment of work arrangements with detachment and disengagement. His detachment from family is sure about his

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    the good side of nature * It shows the harshness of nature * It shows Heaney’s childhood * The first stanza‚ Heaney describes how the frogs would spawn in the lint hole‚ with a digression into his collecting the spawn‚ and how his teacher encouraged his childish interest in the process. * The second stanza deals with the harsh side of nature again; Heaney records how one day he heard a strange noise and went to investigate - and found that the frogs‚ in huge numbers‚ had taken

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    Commentary: An Advancement of Learning by Seamus Heaney In An Advancement from Learning by Seamus Heaney‚ he describes a retrospective childhood experience. The narrator compels himself to face a deep-seated and preposterous fear which he consequently conquers. He shares his terror and revulsion by implementing vivid and vibrant imagery presented in nine quatrains. The conquest of an irrational fear depicted in this poem is perhaps a metaphor for overcoming greater fears in life. As the title

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    Seamus Heaney is the speaker in his poem “Digging”‚ where he writes about his family tradition as manual workers; he is from Castledawson Co Derry at Northem Ireland. Therefore he uses some local expressions “My grandfather could cut... than any other man on Toner’s bog”‚ he uses that expression because of a local bog business owned by a family‚ whose name was Toner. The setting of this poem brings the reader at to a potato farm‚ and at a bog’s field as the writer Seamus Heaney writes about his

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    Extension 1. Lost in Translation. Directed by Sophia Coppola in the form of a comic melodrama‚ Lost In Translation pursue’s a view that until recently‚ had been left unanswered in many films alike‚ however Lost In Translation takes a different pathway‚ apprehending the viewers attention via a clandestine interpretation of love. Bob (Bill Murray)‚ the protagonist of Lost In Translation appears to be of a quite tedious nature at first. His film career has passed him by with his last major film

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    poem allows Heaney to freely express his respect of the Irish tradition as well as his pride and dignity towards his ancestors. The poem starts and ends with the same lines "between my finger and my thumb/The squat pen rests" but the first stanza ends with "as snug as a gun" and the last stanza ends with "I’ll dig with it." Thus‚ Heaney foregrounds the importance of the writer’s profession and craft by breathing new life into the cliched idiom "the pen is mightier than the sword." Heaney affirms that

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    Navigating the Global The 21st century term‚ globalisation‚ conceptualises the contemporary breakdown of traditional barriers and structures between cultural paradigms‚ culminating in an increasingly interconnected and complex global environment. Manfred Steger‚ RMIT Professor of Global Studies‚ describes this trend as the “increasing destabilisation of conventional parameters within which individuals imagine their communal existence”. Focusing on the redefinition of cultural and physical boundaries

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    Mid-Term Break –Seamus Heaney Tone: Sombre Imagery: Death‚ Grief Themes: Death‚ Frailty of Life‚ Growing up Poetic Techniques: Onomatopoeia‚ Alliteration‚ Assonance‚ Simile‚ Metaphor Summary: A boy sits in the school’s medical area waiting to be given a lift home – the ringing of the school bell further enhance the fact that he is waiting for something. When he finally arrives home he sees his father on the porch‚ crying. The house is packed with neighbours and strangers who offer their condolences

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    The structure of Blackberry-picking by Seamus Heaney and Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost is similar in that both poems are written in one stanza (despite the fact the Blackberry-picking is noticeably longer). The lines in each poem do not follow a pattern in term of lengths which could be a representation of life’s unexpected ups and downs. On the other hand Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath is written in three stanzas unlike the other two poems‚ however‚ all three poems have a line which changes

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