Death of a Naturalist - Seamus Heaney Flashcards
“flax - dam _____ in the ____”
“flax - dam festered in the heat”
“______ gargled ____”
“bubbles gargled delicately”
“_____ in the ____ and _____ in _____”
“yellow in the sun and brown in the rain”
“____ frogs _____ the flax-dam”
“angry frogs invaded the flax-dam”
“like _____ _______”
“like mud grenades”
“i _____, _____ and ran”
“i sickened, turned and ran”
“the ____ would _____ it”
“the spawn would clutch it”
“flax - dam festered in the heat” what does this show
language associated with decay foreshadows the speaker changed feeling towards nature
“bubbles gargled delicately” what does this show
oxymoron shows childish enjoyment of something disgusting
“yellow in the sun and brown in the rain” what does this show
everything seems simple in nature
“angry frogs invaded the flax-dam” what does this show
military style language makes the frogs seem threatening
“like mud grenades” what does this show
simile suggests frogs are about to explode shows how terrifying speaker found them
“i sickened, turned and ran” what does this show
shortest sentence in the poem - emphasises the speed of the narrators reaction
“the spawn would clutch it” what does this show
nature seems monstrous, reinforces how much speaker’s view has changed
