Heaney Quotes: The Tollund Man

Question 1

————- head the —— —— of his ———-, his pointed —— ——

Answer 1

Peat-brown head the mild pods of his eye-lids, his pointed skin cap

Question 2

She ———— her —— on him and ——— her —-, those —- ——— working him to a ——— —— ——

Answer 2

She tightened her torc on him and opened her fen, those dark juices working him to a saint’s body

Question 3

—————— workings

Answer 3

Honeycombed workings

Question 4

—— of labourers, ———— corpses —- —- in the —————

Answer 4

Flesh of labourers, stockinged corpses laid out in the farmyards

Question 5

———— skin and —— ———— the ————

Answer 5

Tell-tale skin and teeth, flecking the sleepers

Question 6

Watching the ———- hands of ——— ———

Answer 6

Watching the pointing hands of country people

Question 7

I will —— lost, ——— and at ——

Answer 7

I will feel lost, unhappy and at home