Trace the Personal Elements in Seamus Heany’s Poems.
PremiumTrace 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