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For Quality And Training Purposes: Stories, Sean Towey
For Quality And Training Purposes: Stories, Sean Towey
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From Ritual To Resurrection: The Exploratory Poetic Of Seamus Heaney, Susan L. Morris
From Ritual To Resurrection: The Exploratory Poetic Of Seamus Heaney, Susan L. Morris
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Heaney's poetry has grown and changed since the publication of his first collection of poetry, Death of a Naturalist. This paper is an attempt to present the development of Heaney's exploratory poetic which was created through his use of language and image, allowing him metaphorical vehicles for the examination of oppositions.
Heaney began his poetic exploration, or "dig," with the collections Death of a Naturalist and Door Into the Dark. The poetry presents nature images which represent Heaney's search into the unknown, the dark places. These images symbolize a searching for the imagination and for the purpose of …