seamus heany poetry

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Seamus heany”

I am studying two poems they are from different a culture in Ireland.

The two poems were written by a man called Seamus heany, he grew up in a farm in Ireland during the war and his dad and granddad were both farmers. But he didn’t follow in their foot steps.

“Digging” is a poem written by a man called Seamus heany in Ireland. It was written in the time of war. It is about his dad as a farmer and how much he admired him; it starts by a sense that triggers a memory e.g. a smell, noise, taste. It is all a memory that he loved, he reminisces about the past.

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“Follower” is also a poem written by “Seamus heany”. This poem describes how his father ploughs through the field with his horse. How he tugs on the reins and is leading the hoarse by clicking his tongue. He writes about when he was small, his dad lets him rise on the horse when he just followed behind. He wanted to grow up and plough, he says his dad” closes one eye, stiffens his arm” this means to close one eye to see the furrow and stiffens his arm to push the plough. But all he did is follow in his ...

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