seamus heaney

the forege ; themes childhood 2

all i know is the door in the dark

old axles and iron hoop rusting

the forge ; imagery 1

the unpredictable fantail of sparks

the forge ; metaphors and sound effects 2

an altar/ where he expends himself in shape and music

hammered anvils short pitched ring

the forge style 1 Analogy

the forge and the blacksmith acts as a symbol and an allegory for Heaney the wordsmith and his subconscious mind. both men use their skill to create magic with raw materials at their disposal

Bogland theme hisotry identity violence etc 3

every layer they strip seems camped on before

Our pioneers keep striking inwards

the wet centre is bottomless

bogland imagery evocative provocative 2

the water logged trunks / of great firs soft as pulp

was recovered salty and white / the ground itself is kind black butter

bogland metaphor 1

the ground itself kind black butter

bogland style mythology 1

is wooed in to the cyclops eye / of a tare

the tollund man themes violence and heritage 2

stockhinged corpses / laid out in farmyards

in the old man killing parishes i will feel lost unhappy and at home

the tollund man imagery 2

tell-tale skin and teeth / flecking the sleepers of four young brothers / travelled for miles along the lines.

i will go to aarhus to see his peat brown head

tollund man language 2 sibilance and alliteration

stained face/ reposes at aarhus

trove of the turfcutters honeycombed workings

the tollund man style line length 1

heaney writed in the free verse. uses three parts with 11 stanzas of 4 lines each. his stream of consciousness and exploration of past sacrifice leads to reflection on present day violence such as the troubles

A cosntable calls thems memories of childhood/ violence 2

arithmetic and fear

the polished holster

a constable calls imagery 3

black hole of the barracks

rubber cowl of a mud splasher

fat black handlegrips

a constable calls language figurative and sound effects 2

the dynamo gleaming cocked back

imagining the black hole of the barracks

a consatble calls ; style historical allusions

a domesd

the call themes love 2

inearly said i loved him

touching inspecting separating one

the call imagery 1

Pleased to feel each little weed-root break / but rueful also

the call language sound effects asssonance and sibilance 2

a calm/ of mirror glass

sunstruck pendulums

the call style intensely personal confessions 2

frail

trapped

the underground themes love new beginnings 3

there we were in the vaulted tunnel running

bared and tensed as i am all attention

honeymooning mooning around late

the underground imagery 2

some new white flower japped with crimson

in a draughtily lamplit station

the underground language metaphors 2

like a fleet god

reed

the underground style symbolism 1

the coat flapped wild and button after button / sprung off