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Poetry | Seamus Heaney

Trace the Personal Elements in Seamus Heany’s Poems.

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Trace the personal elements you find in Seamus Heaney's poems Seamus Heaney s - poems are deeply personal He writes about his own life his family his childhood and the rural world of Ireland where he grew up His poems often connect his personal memories with universal human feelings such as love respect and loss Among his poems Digging and Follower show many personal elements from his life Family and Childhood Memories In Digging Heaney remembers his father and grandfather working on the farm The sound of the spade reminds him of his childhood It was a time when his father used to dig potatoes and his grandfather used to cut turf He sees both men as hardworking strong and skilled But Heaney knows his life is different He says he has a squat pen between his thumb and finger and he will dig with it The squat pen I

ll dig with it It means he will continue the tradition of his forefathers hard work but through writing instead of farming So this poem becomes deeply personal Admiration and Love for His Father In Follower Heaney again writes about his father He describes how his father worked skillfully with horses while plowing The poet as a boy followed him around the farm stumbling and falling He writes I was a nuisance tripping falling This memory shows the strong bond between father and son The poem ends sadly when the father becomes old and weak It shows how time changes people but not their love In both Digging and Follower Seamus Heaney expresses his personal feelings with honesty and emotion Through his family memories he celebrates love respect and the connection between generations His poems are personal but also speak to everyone s heart

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