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What is the importance of the land in twentieth century Irish poetry?
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What is the importance of the land in twentieth century Irish poetry? The Irish people value the land, because ever since the Normans invaded they have never had a united Ireland. A part of it has always been ruled by a foreigner they feel very possessive about the land they own even matter if it is only a few acres. The three poets I am going to study are Kavanagh, Kinsella and Heaney. They all have a link to each other, soil. They each have their own main theme, Kavanagh chooses a biblical theme, The Bog lands for Heaney and Ireland's destruction is Kinsella's theme. In 'Digging' by Heaney the three characters that are mentioned are his grandfather, father and himself. Heaney sees the land as a symbolic, metaphoric reference to Ireland. Where as his father and grandfather just saw it as a place of work. Heaney shows remorse that he will...
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