Death of a Naturalist Flashcards
1
Q
bubbles…
A
gargled delicately
2
Q
strong…
A
gauze of sound
3
Q
frogspawn..
A
grew like clotted water
4
Q
jampots…
A
of the jellied stuff
5
Q
fields were..
A
rank
6
Q
angry frogs…
A
invaded the flax dam
7
Q
the slap and plop…
A
were obscene threats
8
Q
great…
A
slime kings
9
Q
what is this poem about?
A
loss of innocence
10
Q
what does heaney use the natural world to explore?
A
emotion and psychology
11
Q
how does heaney view the natural world?
A
a place for both good and evil
12
Q
where did heaney grow up?
A
rural Ireland
13
Q
what was Ireland like at the time?
A
war torn, but he still grew up around nature