Seamus Heaney Essay -- English Literature

Seamus HeaneySeamus Heaney was born in 1939 in Northern Ireland into a ruralfarming family. The family where Catholic, living in a predominantlyProtestant area of the country. I stern relate to this as I come fromSouth Africa where the tension between the black and neat people ishigh, this has helped me to choose my start-off poetry Docker. The second poesy I am going to analyse is Follower which tells the story of ayoung boy who grows up admiring his dad but as judgment of conviction ticks by, thingschange and people age. The third and final poem I leave alone analyse isDigging which also is about a young fella who admires his dad for hisskill, but feels bad beca uptake he isnt as skilled as his cause is andtherefore chooses to dig with his pen in the form of poetry.The poem Docker starts off with there, in the corner from this itcan be seen that the manhood is a lonely man who does not want to bebothered, exclusively he is doing is staring at his drink. Speech clamped in the lips, vice this use of metaphor indicates that he is a antisocial person with the book of account vice once again describing the manspower and strength. The Docker is then describe as a hard and toughman, Cowling plated forehead and sledgehammer head jaw because he iscompared with very hard objects, such as a sledge head which is madeout of steel.That fist would gloam a hammer on a Catholic this verse is of aviolent nature which confirms the Docker as a violent belligerent manwho clearly does not like Catholics.The mans dislike for Catholics is emphasised plane more in thefollowing verse The only Roman contain he tolerates, smiles wholly roundhis sleek pint of porter. From this it can be said that even thewhite foam made by his beer reminds him of Cath... ...ss.I wanted to grow up and plough this proves that like with all littleboys, he wanted to be just like his dad when he grows up. He followshis go all round the farm In his broad shadow which againdescribes the mans huge build and strength.In this poem, the first five stanzas represent the early(prenominal), whereas thelast stanza represents the present. I was a nuisance, tripping and go The boy, who is now a man, comes to realise he was clumsy andunskilful who was always bothering his produce Yapping always.But today is the main contrast between past and present, It is myfather who keeps stumbling behind me and will not go away His fatherhas obviously aged and become enfeebled while his son has now large(p) upand become more powerful and skilful than what his father is. It ishis father who follows him around now and will not go away.