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How Does Heaney use his childhood experiences in "the Death of a Naturalist" collection? Seamus Heaney, an Irish poet grew up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. He writes about his childhood experiences in a "Death of a Naturalist" collection as metaphors because he wants to relate to the readers by discussing universal issues. Heaney also does this by relating to event in everyone's lives such as becoming a man or woman, death, guilt and revenge. He does this by using a lot of literary tools like synaesthesia and enjambement in his poems to create a clearer image of his childhood events. In "Blackberry Picking" Heaney explains his memory picking blackberries including the ripening and the taste of the fruits, He describes "the flesh was sweet". However, this poem is also about the awkwardness of growing up, and Heaney feeling ashamed and guilty at becoming a man. He uses words...

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