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Discussing Death of a Naturalist and At Grass.
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Death of a Naturalist is about change of views about certain things, in this case it is about nature. The poem is written in first person. In the first line one can see that the narrator has a fascination with nature, as straight away he talks about flax, which is a plant. Plants are natural however the poet sometimes uses negative language about the plants and language not associated with plants, such as 'festered', so unnatural language is used to describe natural things like plants. However, the negative language being used, such as 'punishing sun' creates a positive scene, which reflects thought of his youth, which is what the first stanza is about. The poet, Seamus Heaney, uses opposites one after another, such as 'townland; green', as one does not usually associate greenery with townland. To exaggerate his love of nature to the reader, the narrator uses sensory imagery, such...
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