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Death of a Naturalist Flashcards

1
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Who wrote ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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Seamus Heaney

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2
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When was ‘Death of a Naturalist’ written?

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1966

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What does the speaker in ‘Death of a Naturalist’ give?

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retrospective account of childhood

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4
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What is a naturalist?

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someone who loves nature

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5
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When did Seamus Heaney win a nobel prize for literature?

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1995

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Where is Seamus Heaney from?

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Northern Ireland

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How do we know that ‘Death of a Naturalist’ might be autobiographical?

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Seamus Heaney grew up in the countryside

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What is the structure of ‘Death of a Naturalist’ like?

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2 contrasting stanza
free verse
enjambment

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How does Seamus Heaney present childhood through structure?

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free verse
enjambment

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How does Seamus Heaney present childhood through language?

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juvenile language

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How does Seamus Heaney present the end of childhood through imagery?

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militaristic imagery

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How does Seamus Heaney present the end of childhood through mood and tone?

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dark tone at end of poem

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13
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How does Seamus Heaney present childhood through imagery?

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sensory imagery

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How does Seamus Heaney present the end of childhood through language?

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semantic field of disgust and revenge

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How does Seamus Heaney present the end of childhood through structrue?

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2 contrasting stanzas

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What does the use of free verse suggest about change in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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unpredictable

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17
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What are the two contrasting attitudes in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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fascination then
disgust

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18
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How is nature presented in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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joyous then
threatening

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19
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finish the quote : ‘all year the..

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…flax-dam festered’

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20
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finish the quote : ‘green and..

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…heavy headed flax’

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21
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finish the quote : ‘flax had…

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…rotted there’

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22
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What are the key semantic fields in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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heaviness
decay
growth
threat

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23
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finish the quote : ‘weighted..

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…down by huge sods’

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24
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finish the quote : ‘daily it…

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…sweltered’

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25
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finish the quote : ‘in the…

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…punishing sun’

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26
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finish the quote : ‘bubbles…

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…gargled delicately’

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27
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finish the quote : ‘bluebottles…

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…wove’

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28
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finish the quote : ‘wove a…

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…strong gauze’

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29
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finish the quote : ‘strong gauze of…

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…sound around the smell’

30
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finish the quote : ‘there were…

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…dragonflies, spotted butterflies

31
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complete the quote : ‘…of all’

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‘but best…’

32
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finish the quote : ‘warm thick..

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…slobber of frogspawn’

33
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finish the quote : ‘grew like…

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…clotted water’

34
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finish the quote : ‘I would fill…

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….jampotfuls’

35
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finish the quote : ‘jampotfuls of…

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….jellied specks’

36
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finish the quote : ‘wait and…

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….watch’

37
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finish the quote : ‘fattening dots…

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…burst’

38
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finish the quote : ‘burst into…

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…nimble swimming tadpoles’

39
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finish the quote : ‘nimble…

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…swimming tadpoles’

40
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What is the teacher called in ‘Death of a Naturalist’?

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Miss Walls

41
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finish the quote : ‘the daddy frog…

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…was called a bull frog’

42
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finish the quote : ‘and how he…

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…croaked and’

43
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finish the quote : ‘and how the….

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…mammy frog’

44
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finish the quote : ‘laid…

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…hundreds of little eggs’

45
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What does the repetition of ‘and’ create?

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childhood innocence

46
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finish the quote : ‘you could…

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…tell the weather by frogs’

47
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finish the quote : ‘brown in…

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….rain’

48
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How does Seamus Heaney create the change between fascination and disgust?

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‘in rain’
ominous
isolated

49
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finish the quote : ‘when fields were…

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…rank’

50
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finish the quote : ‘with cowdung…

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…in the grass’

51
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finish the quote : ‘angry…

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…frogs invaded the flax-dam’

52
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finish the quote : ‘I ducked…

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…through hedges’

53
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finish the quote : ‘a coarse…

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…croaking’

54
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finish the quote : ‘that I…

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…had not heard before’

55
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finish the quote : ‘the air was..

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…thick with a bass chorus’

56
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finish the quote : ‘gross-bellied..

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…frogs were cocked’

57
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finish the quote : ‘the slap…

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…and plop were obscene threats’

58
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finish the quote : ‘some sat…

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…poised’

59
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finish the quote : ‘like mud…

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…grenades’

60
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finish the quote : ‘their blunt heads…

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…farting’

61
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finish the quote : ‘I sickened,

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turned, and ran’

62
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finish the quote : ‘the great…

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…slime kings’

63
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finish the quote : ‘gathered…

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…for vengenance’

64
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finish the quote : ‘if I dipped my hand…

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…the spawn would clutch it’

65
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finish the quote : ‘spawn would…

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…clutch it’

66
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What is the significance of the title?

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left behind in youth
revenge

67
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What does Heaney connect?

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landscape / rural with Irish history
- Irish conflict and tribal violence

68
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What response does Heaney give?

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post romantic response to nature and world

69
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What religious ideas occur in Death of a Naturalist?

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Post Lapsarian world fallen into sin

70
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Give a quote from Heaney

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there are two ways in which place is known and cherished ; one is lived, illiterate and unconscious, the other learned, literate and conscious

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