Follower Flashcards
When was Follower written?
1966
Who wrote Follower?
Seamus Heaney
when was Heaney born?
1939
When did Heaney die?
2013
Beggining of Follower
My Father worked with a horse-plough,
Boat-direction-strength H S G L I A F S S
His shoulders globed like a full sail strung
shows control and expertise over farm T H S A H C T
The horse strained at his clicking tongue
two word definitive statement
An expert.
inferior the child is, links to the semantic field of boats and morning I S I H H-N W
I stumbled in his hob-nailed wake.
Past self - very childlike A I E D W F
All I ever did was follow
shows strength I H B S R T F
In his broad shadow round the farm
sees the truth I W A N T ,F , Y A .
I was a nuisance, tripping, falling, Yapping always.
End-Role reversal I I M F W K O S A W N G A
It is my father who keeps on stumbling and will not go away.
who was his family?
eldest child to a family farm in county Derry, Northern Ireland
all I
All I ever did is follow