blackberry picking

Question 1

who wrote blackberry picking

Answer 1

seamus heaney

Question 2

theme/subject

Answer 2

childhood memories
naivety
adventure
nature
nostalgia

Question 3

mood

Answer 3

excitement
menoncoly
disappointment
hopeful
immature
hopeless

Question 4

structure

Answer 4

no stanze breaks

Question 5

imagery

Answer 5

rat grey fungus
a plate of eyes

Question 6

quote 1

Answer 6

Late August, given heavy rain and sun
For a full week, the blackberries would ripen.
At first, just one, a glossy purple clot
Among others, red, green, hard as a knot.

Question 7

q2

Answer 7

its flesh was sweet
Like thickened wine: summer’s blood was in it
Leaving stains upon the tongue and lust for
Picking.

Question 8

q3

Answer 8

milk cans, pea tins, jam-pots

Question 9

q4

Answer 9

big dark blobs burned
Like a plate of eyes.

Question 10

q5

Answer 10

But when the bath was filled we found a fur,
A rat-grey fungus, glutting on our cache.

Question 11

q6

Answer 11

the sweet flesh would turn sour.

Question 12

q7

Answer 12

I always felt like crying. It wasn’t fair
That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot.

Question 13

q8

Answer 13

Each year I hoped they’d keep, knew they would not.