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Analyse Two or Three of Heaney's Poems to Show How Common Things Are Raised Up to Angelhood
Summary: Heaney's first anthology Death of a Naturalist is the best source for poems that show how common and often mundane things are described in beautiful language and rediscovered as meaningful activities. "Digging", Blackberry-Picking" and "Personal Helicon" are prime examples of Kavanagh's words. The analysis of "Digging" and "Blackberry-Picking" from Heaney's first anthology proves that he raises common things up to angelhood and disguises meaningful issues as ordinary activities.
Heaney's first anthology Death of a Naturalist is the best source for poems that show how common and often mundane things are described in beautiful language and rediscovered as meaningful activities. "Digging", Blackberry-Picking" and "Personal Helicon" are prime examples of Kavanagh's words.
When reading the name of the poem "Digging", it seems like it will be about nothing at all. Digging is a basic and ordinary activity and the reader does not expect anything meaningful when reading the poem. This is deceptive, because the first two lines present readers with a sense of choice. Heaney immediately makes them aware of the deeper issue of the subject he is about to explore and therefore creates an alertness in them.
Heaney labels the spade as a "bright edge" (12), making it more than just a spade and seems to give it magical properties. The metaphor "buries the bright edge deep" (12) creates...
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