Using two of Heaney's poems, compare them for treatment of theme and style, noting signs of the poet's development.

... Rebecca Brackley Using two of Heaney's poems, compare them for treatment of theme and style, noting signs of the poet's development. Seamus Heaney has developed greatly as a writer from his first collection of poetry, Death of a Naturalist, to his collection further on, Wintering out. I am going to examine the poems, Death of a naturalist and The Tollund man, to explore how Heaney's poetry has developed in style and themes. Firstly, from looking at Death of a Naturalist, Heaney clearly establishes the themes that he develops in this collection of poems. He firstly talks about his own personal history, and then uses memories from his own childhood. Heaney paints vivid descriptions of his memories or rural Irish life, and uses language as he describes how the "Bubbles gargled delicately". This onomatopoeia is seen once again, as he recalls the "coarse croaking" of the "gross-bellied frogs". There is also the

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