Death of a Naturalist 1966 * Flashcards
Seamus Heaney - passage of time, change and transformation, negative emotions, nature, sense of place
1
Q
context
A
- born in county Derry North ireland 1939
- most poetry about countryside and farm life that he knew as a boy
- trouble increase in 1970’s due to arguments? with England
- poetry often triggered by small, intimate memories
2
Q
paras for given
A
- as a child found nature intersting
- as grew up found it gross
- loss of innocence - war, politics
3
Q
paras for comparison with prelude
A
- discusss comfort foudn in childhood
- show appreciation for nature
- perceptiosn on nature when they grow up is different
4
Q
para 1
A
comfort found in childhood due to nature
- “strong gauze of sound around the smell”
- “best of all”
- “on shelves at school”
- “daddy frog” “mammy frog”
- “Mrs Walls would tell us how”
4
Q
para 2
A
show appreciation for nature:
- “bubbles gargellled dleicately”
- “best of al was the warm thick slober”
- “specks to range on widnow sills at home”
- “wove a strong gauze of sound around the smell”
5
Q
para 3
A
perceptions on nature and schildhood whe grow up is diff:
- “”