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Compate and Contrast theway Seamus Heaney and DH Lawrence depict their childhood memories in their poetry
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Compare and contrast the way Seamus Heaney and D.H. Lawrence depict childhood memories in their poetry Seamus Heaney's childhood is reflected in his poetry. He was born in 1939 (the beginning of the first World War) as the eldest of nine children, in the County Derry, in Ireland, where he grew up in the countryside, on the 50 acre farm his dad owned. These early memories of farm life gave Heaney much to write about in his poetry, so Heaney returns to his childhood memories for many of his poems. In his poetry, Heaney explores many themes. The two poems, by Heaney, I am going to discuss, explore the theme's death, and getting to terms with life's afflictions. D.H. Lawrence had a very different childhood, also reflected in his work. He was born in 1885, in a town called Eastwood in Nottinghamshire. He was the fourth son of a coal miner,...
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