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    The first stanza sets the scene by describing the poet’s naïve hope and optimism. Heaney emphasises the boy’s youth and eagerness by glorifying the full‚ juicy berries through the use of imagery: “a glossy purple clot”. The audience effectively identifies with the boy‚ seeing the berries like an eager child would. The use of the simile

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    committing that murder because the Almighty made him anathema and out of the curse of his exile there sprang ogres and elves and evil phantoms and the giants too who strove with God time and again until He gave them their reward. (102-114) (Heaney) This quote illustrates why Grendel was evil. It describes him as being a descendant of Cain and banished from the grace of God In addition‚ there are passages containing expressions in disapproval of heathen worship. There is

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    Beowulf and Grendel translated by Seamus Heaney‚ Beowulf translated by Francis B. Gummere‚ Beowulf translated by Benjamin Slade‚ and Beowulf translated by David Breeden the translators used word of choice imagery‚ and tone both similar and differently to be precise about what they wanted to tell the readers. There is a difference in complexity of the writing when it comes to word choice. In the reading Beowulf and Grendel translated by Seamus Heaney the translator chose to begin the

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    and “The Skunk”. John Montague and Seamus Heaney both come from very similar background and they both write about rural Ireland and write from the same period. They are two of the most famous Irish poets and they both write about their experience in Ireland and write about the memories from there. I am comparing two love poems which both take a different view on love‚ the two poems are ‘all legendary obstacles’ by john Montague and ‘the skunk’ by Seamus Heaney. The title of both of these poems

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    How does Heaney’s writing powerfully portray a farm-worker in Follower One way that Heaney’s writing portrays a farm-worker is through the description of hard work through the body and its effort. One instance of this is demonstrated when Heaney describes his father and how his “shoulders globed”. This shows powerfully a farm worker because it enables us to get an understanding of how hard they work as well as what they do. “Globed” illustrates the man’s shoulders to have curved from the difficult

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    SUNDAYS SEAMUS HEANEY Was born in April 1939‚ the eldest of nine children. His father owned and worked on a farm of 50 acres in co Derry. His mother came from a family called McCann‚ she was a very out spoken woman‚ whilst his father sparing of talk‚ Heaney believes the difference in temperament led to a ’quarrel with himself’‚ from which his peotry arises. At the age of 11‚ Heaney won a scholarship to St Columb’s college‚ a boarding school in Derry City‚ 40 miles from home. Heaney went on

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    name professor class date Greedy Blackberry Pickers The poem Blackberry-Picking‚ by Seamus Heaney‚ is about a group of children who become overexcited over picking berries then sobbing after their hard work has rotted away due to the fermentation of the picked berries. Through this ordinary depiction of fruit rotting‚ the author illustrates the theme of human aging and mortality. The author expresses this theme through a

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    Collected Poems" of Seamus Heaney? In both of these poets collections‚ the theme of memory and childhood is used often and is a recurring theme throughout their poems. Carol Ann Duffy is nostalgic about the younger times from her childhood‚ however from adolescence onwards she is bitter‚ for example in ’Never Go Back’ she writes that the memories "swarm in the room‚ sting you"‚ showing that she has no pride from that point in her life and isn’t fond of reminiscing on those times. In Seamus Heaney’s poetry

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    T.S Eliot’s ‘ The Journey of the Magi ’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘ A Found Poem’ both details a man questioning the role of belief. In ‘Magi’‚ the speaker is one of the three wise men experiencing an arduous journey. In the ‘ Found Poem‚’ the speaker questions his own loss of faith during the mass. Therefore‚ both poems display divinity and hardships. Both T.S Eliot’s ‘The Magi’ and Seamus Heaney’s ‘A Found Poem’ both explore the journeys physically and mentally of men who are struggling with faith.

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    poem ‘Follower’ by Seamus Heaney. This poem is about Heaney’s childhood memories of his father working on the farm ploughing the land. Heaney talks very highly of his father and creates the impression of a very strong man who was an expert at what he done and a man who was his son’s hero. It also talks about how Heaney used to follow his dad around as he worked and how he dreamed of growing up and ploughing like his dad. However‚ there is a twist at the end of the poem and Heaney goes from talking

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