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A comparison essay between the poems 'Death of a Naturalist' and 'Digging' both by poet Seamus Heaney
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... A comparison essay between the poems 'Death of a Naturalist' and 'Digging' both by poet Seamus Heaney For GCSE course work we have to compare two poems from a foreign culture. The two poems we picked were both by the popular Irish poem 'Seamus Heaney.' The two poems we're looking at 'Death of a Naturalist' and 'Digging' could be seen as autobiographical. 'Death of a Naturalist' is basically about a young boy who had a keenness for nature, which has disintegrated throughout a summer. 'Digging' is about the poet remembering his childhood, he writes about about digging as though it is patriotic of his family. He talks about fore fathers and how he will continue this tradition, not by digging on a farm but with his pen, writing. Although with seemingly different storylines, the poems actually start off quite similarly; with both poems taking you back you a specific time in the
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