Nature essay

Question 1

Nature in blackberry picking

Answer 1

1 - “Late August, given heavy rain and sun” / “for a full week the blackberries would ripen”
2- “a rat grey fungus” + “once off the bush The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour”
3-“i always felt like crying. It wasnt fair” + “Each year i hoped theyd keep, knew they would not”final line perfect ryhme

Question 2

Nature in death of a naturalist

Answer 2

1-“the bubbled gargled delicately” “Wove a strong gauze of sound around the smell”
2-“The fattening dots burst into nimble-swimming tadpoles” /“miss walls would tell us how the daddy bullfrog was called a bullfrog”
3-“The great slime kings Were gathered there for vengeance and I knew that if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it”

Question 3

Nature in personal helicon

Answer 3

1-“I loved the dark drop, the trapped sky, the smells”/“of waterweed, fungus and dank moss”
2-“Plummeted down at the end of a rope”/“so deep you saw no reflection in it”
3-“Now to try pry the roots, to finger slime”/“To stare big eyed narcissus”

Question 4

Intro Opening Line

Answer 4

Seamus Heavy’s debut collection. ‘death of a naturalist’ evocatively explores the loss of innocence that comes from growing up, recognizing the frightening, complex aspects of the adult world and self-discovery.

Question 5

2nd line

Answer 5

mention all peosm, then state that that they all help deepen our understanding of profoundly significant… connectvto question

Question 6

DOAN intro summary

Answer 6

features a bipartite structure which powerfully illistruates the shift from carefree childhood to adult maturit, contrasting the innocence of the former with the more disturbing elements of the adult world, such as sexuailty.

Question 7

BP intro summary

Answer 7

uses the same structure to similar effect. The first stanza burst with enthuastic language while the second is tonally very different and almost nihilistic as the speaker realizes that nothing good lasts for too long, touching on thematic concerns like awareness and morality.

Question 8

PH intro summary

Answer 8

in contrast to BP, PH is composed of heroric quatrains detailing the speakers childhood obsession with wells and the process of discovering ones self through the exploration of nature.
the structure allows Heany to convey the speakers growing sophistication and self-awareness, finally identifying the act of writing poetry as the method by which they explore their humanity.

Question 9

Intro final line

Answer 9

Heany skilfully uses the natural world as a tool to help readers understand the conflicting emotions that come with maturing and learning to understand oneself and ones place in the world.