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“I stumbled in his hobnailed wake”

  1. Goes with “It is my father… not go away” (=main quote)

  2. “stumbled” → repetition with the last stanza just different pronouns→ shows contrast between the past and present → His father was strong and now he’s weak → shows how young and weak Heaney was

  3. “hobnailed” → nails for grip on shoes

  4. “wake” → death, trail, left behind → follow dad’s footsteps

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“It is my father who keeps stumbling

Behind me, and will not go away”

  1. Goes with “I stumbled in his hobnailed wake” (=main quote)

  2. “stumbling” → Repetition with fourth stanza → father is not as fit and able as he was before → frailty

  3. “stumbling” → metaphor for guilt → he hasn’t taken over the role

  4. “my” → 1st person pronoun → personal

  5. “and will not go away” → father does not want Heaney to leave → wants him to own the farm → his dad will be sad in the future

  6. Enjambement → keeps on going → his dad never gave up but now he is not fit enough to carry on → repetition

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“An expert”

  1. Goes with “His eye… the furrow exactly” (main quote)

  2. Contrast → Ploughing is such a small job but it makes a massive difference → food etc

  3. Short Sentence → life is short → dedicated life to being an expert in something

  4. Present Tense → His dad is an expert even if he is dead/ not able to keep on going → he has carried a legacy

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“His eye narrowed and angled at the ground, mapping the furrow exactly”

  1. Goes with “an expert” (Moreover quote)

  2. “narrowed” + “angled” → Verbs to show his care and dedication

  3. “His eye” → Symbol for dad’s perspective

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“I was a nuisance, tripping, falling,

Yapping always.”

  1. Goes with “ I wanted to grow up and plough” (main quote)

  2. “was” → past tense → no one ploughs anymore → we have tractors → growth + growth of the father

  3. Enjambement → shows the separation of father and son

  4. “yapping always” → shows innocence, childish

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“I wanted to grow up and plough”

  1. Goes with “I was a nuisance…yapping always” (moreover quote)

  2. “grow up” → verb → maturity and development

  3. “plough” → responsibility