Comparative Study of the poetry of Seamus Heaney.

... Year Ten Coursework-Comparative Study of the poetry of Seamus Heaney There is a strong connection between the three poems I have been studying, 'Digging', 'The Early Purges and 'Mid-term Break', the connection is that they are all related to childhood and past memories. All of these poems were written by Seamus Heaney, a famous poet who focused more on writing his poems about past experiences and the relationship he shared with his family. The first poem 'Digging' was written in admiration of Heaney's father. A poem about a man digging for peat and realising that he no longer wanted to be a farmer, but to fulfil his ambition at being a poet. The second poem 'The Early Purges' is quite a graphical piece of writing, based on Heaney's personal experiences living on a farm as a child, witnessing disturbing deaths of animals at only six years old. The third poem 'Mid-term

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