Blackberry Picking

... Nature Poetry - Blackberry Picking - Seamus Heaney Many poets use nature as a theme in their poetry. I am going to look at two poems with this theme; Blackberry Picking, by Seamus Heaney, and After Apple Picking, by Robert Frost. The first poem I am going to examine is 'Blackberry Picking' which was written by Ulster poet, Seamus Heaney. The theme of the poem is a criticism of mans over-indulgence. It implies that man is full of greed. The poem consists of two verses, one long, consisting of sixteen lines and one short verse with only eight lines. The whole poem is made up of twenty-four pentameters. There is a hint of a half rhyme in the lines which are written in couplets. The title of the poem is very simple and straight-forward. It also suggests that the poem is based on a childhood memory as Blackberry Picking is a traditional childhood

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